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coach on the 1988 championship team. Turgeon said that the two teams could not be compared.
"The 1986 team was set in its ways," Turgeon said. "We had the armbands we wore. We played the same eight guys all we wear. We were a damn good team."
The 1898 team, on the other hand, dealt with constant change. Center Marvin Branch was declared academically ineligible for the spring semester, reducing the Jayhawks' inside depth. Brown shuffled his guards before finally settling into their new games, games into the season. Despite the turmoil, the team won when it had to.
Greg Drilling, Calvin Thompson, Attonio Campbell and Kellogg (from left to right) were members of Kansas' 1985-86 Final Four team.
"Danny stepped up and they won the six (tournament) games," Turgeon said.
"I felt lucky to be a part of it. It was a dream come true."
Unlike the 1988 team, which entered the NCAA tournament with a modest 19-11 record, the 1962 squad steamrolled through its schedule. When The Associated Press released its final regular season poll, Kansas was ranked second, behind Duke. Having won the Big Eight title, the Jayhawks went on to win the Big Ten. The Bears, Tigers and Texans said that what people remembered was what happened in the NCAA finals.
"It's all about winning the tourney," he said, "and we fell short of that goal."
The Midwest Regional
Kansas entered the NCAA tournament as the top seed in the Midwest Regional, which was played in Kansas. The outcome that opposing matches would protect
The Jayhawks were a seasoned team. Kansas could boast of having
The Kansas defense was smothering at times. The Jayhaws held Southern Methodist to 10 points in one half. The offense featured the sharp shooting of Thompson and Kellogg. Both players were dangerous from the perimeter as well as inside. There was the unselfishness of Hunter and Turgeon. Larry Brown was the Big Eight coach of the year. And there was Manning. The 1985-86 season was the first of three consecutive years that he would be selected to the All-Big Eight team.
four 1,000-point career scorers. The Jayhawks won 31 games and shot 57 percent from the field, both Kansas regular season records. They defeated Oklahoma three times, Louisville twice, in addition to handling Kentucky, Pepperdine and North Carolina State.
However, at tournament time things do not come easy. Kansas pounded North Carolina A&T 71-46 in the first round. Temple, the opposing opponent, fared no better, falling 63-43. Then Michigan State.
The Spartans led Kansas with 2:21 remaining in the game. At that point the clock ran off one second and then froze for 15 crucial seconds.
In the regional final, Kansas again would have to rally to defeat North Carolina State. The Wolfpack led 57-52 with just under nine minutes remaining. This time it was Manning roaring back to life, scoring 12
During the regular season, Michigan State posted the top free throw shooting percentage in the country, hitting 80.5 percent. In the final minutes of the game, however, the Spartans would miss four of six free throw attempts, allowing Marshall's last second tip in to send the game into overtime. Kansas took over in the extra period, with Thompson scoring eight of his 26 points and posting a 96-86 victory.
straight points. Kansas survived,
75-67, earning its seventh trip to the
Final Four.
Piper
Piper played alongside Manning at Lawrence High School and as a senior was named to the all-league and all-state teams. He was a member of Brown's first recruiting class at Kansas. Like Turgeon, Piper was one of the first players off of Brown's bench in 1986. Both averaged more than 10 minutes a game. But unlike Turgeon, Piper was just a sophomore during the team's inaugural season (1984-85). So, while Turgeon helped coach the 1988 championship team, Piper was in the starting lineup.
Piper graduated in 1988 with a business degree and now owns and operates his own business in
Lawrence. However, he has kept his ties to Kansas basketball. Two years ago, Creative Sports Marketing asked him to serve as an analyst for the Kansas-Colorado game. Last year, he served as an analyst for three games. Piper covered five more games this season in addition to the Midwest Collegiate Conference games every Saturday. However, Piper said that business is his business.
"It (broadcasting) is not an ambition," he said. "They asked me to do it, and every year they give me more games."
"The 1986 team was an unbelievably talented team," he said. "But once you get to the Final Four there is a lot of luck involved."
Unlike Turgeon, Piper ventured to compare the courses of the two Final Four teams.
"If either of the two teams should
That team posted 35 victories, the most ever recorded by a Jayhawk squad.
have won a national championship, it should have been the 1986 team.
"The Duke game was the most devastating loss of my career. I felt we were the best team in the nation that year. But, that's the way the ball bounces in the Final Four."
What if. . . ?
For many Kansas fans, the 1986 Final Four game against Duke will stand out as one of the worse referred games ever. Manning and Dreiling would combine for as many points as fouls.
Marshall tore the anterior crucible ligament in his right knee after a larypup with 8:10 remaining in the game. Marshall was injured. However, the Jaiwhacks held their
ground. Manning's only basket in the second half gave Kansas a 65-14 hit with 4-22 remaining. But soon after his basket, Manning fouled out while trying to block a Mark Alarie dunk. Danny Ferry gave Duke a 69-67 lead with 26 seconds left. With 22 seconds left the referees struck again. Kellogg drove the baseline while Ferry sidet toward him.
After Ferry missed the free throw Kellogg had one more chance to tie the game. His shot fell short. Duke guard Tony Amaker grabbed the rebound, was fouled and made both free throws. Duke won 71-67.
Kellogg's circled the rim and went out. It did not matter because referee Paul Galvan stepped in and called the offense an offensive charge on Kellogg.
Looking back, Turgeon said the 1986 Final Four was a stepping stone to the 1988 championship.
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