Phog Allen, the legendary KU coach, and James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, are buried across the road from each other in Lawrence, Kansas.
In celebration of 160 years of the University of Kansas, here are 10 things you didn't know about the legendary basketball venue.
KU’s Phog Allen, the father of court coaching, had been campaigning for the higher buckets for about 20 years. “Let’s do it,” he had commented, time and again. Allen got the notion in the ...
First, let me preface my opinions by saying Bill Self has had a historic run as basketball coach at the University of Kansas and should have a statue next to Phog Allen in front of Allen Fieldhouse.
Kentucky, North Carolina, UCLA, and several others have memorable barns but none of those can match Phog Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. This season also marked the creation by a group of KU ...
There was exciting basketball and a whole lot more in Allen Fieldhouse on that dedicatory night of March 1, 1955. With underdog KU leading Kansas State, 44-33, after the first half in the ...
It's the night every year where fans pack Allen Field House to see opening scrimmages of the Men's and Women's Basketball teams in what's called "Late Night in the Phog." A Chillicothe man and ...