From the father of basketball himself in Dr. James Naismith, to Phog Allen, to Larry Brown, to Roy Williams, and finally to Bill Self, the city of Lawrence has been the home of some of the ...

As he does every year after Selection Sunday in March, he placed copies of his NCAA bracket picks on the graves of James Naismith and Phog Allen. Naismith, the inventor of basketball and KU’s ...

Milos Uzan walked to the locker room late Saturday night, crossing the spot on James Naismith Court where he ... a decibel-piercing sellout crowd at Allen Fieldhouse. Until it was quiet.

James Naismith eventually developed the 13 ... What is important, though, is that he coached the legendary Phog Allen. Allen, who coached KU Men’s basketball from 1919 to 1956, is considered ...

He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959. “Phog” Allen is buried in Oakhill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas, near the grave of James Naismith. Now you know why ...

The founding father of basketball, James Naismith, established Kansas ... Fame proudly hosts four legendary Jayhawk head coaches: Phog Allen, Larry Brown, Roy Williams, and Bill Self.

That pushed him above Phog Allen to the top of the Jayhawks ... the Canadian with the peach basket. Dr. James Naismith, inventor of the game. 0 — The number of official games the entire ...

Phog Allen, James Naismith and the rules of ‘basket ball’ History hits you before you even walk into Allen Fieldhouse. The statue of Phog Allen, dubbed the “father of basketball coaching ...