KANSAS DIVISION I Basketball Players                                                    HOME                                 Revised: January 22, 2018
 

The list below documents Kansas high school graduates who had significant playing time at a NCAA Division I program.  Significant playing time is counted as 40 or more game appearances and/or 100 or more career points. *  I have revised this list many times - so please note the current date. I am in the process of compiling another list of Kansas high school graduates that achieved notable success at less than D-1 level of college basketball. When that page is posted - I may transfer some of the early stars on this page to this new list. For instance , Ross McBurney was an outstanding player for Wichita University. Wichita in this era was not playing a schedule consistent with a D-1 designation. Wichita did not play a schedule that could be called D-1 until after WW II. I may add some players here that played for Washburn@ when they were a part of the Missouri Valley Conference.

   * Players from the early years are not judged by this standard. I look for players that had multiple starts and/or letters. Scoring totals and total games played were significantly less for players of the pre -WW II era. Some players listed here are one year players in D-1 who started or played in nearly all games for just one season and may not have accumulated 40 games or 100 career point totals.

Same list sorted by Division I program is listed HERE 

     Send inquiries to dmacfee@cox.net 

Ron Paradis in action with Washburn Rural team c 1962 at Topeka High AA Regional. Scrapbook images.

Topeka Daily Capital March 10, 1962 Rich Clarkson photo                                                                   Topeka Capital-Journal March 11, 1962 Rich Clarkson photo

Washburn Rural vs Topeka High - Regional Semi-Final                                                                         Washburn Rural vs Lawrence - Regional Final

Below: Post Game celebration Washburn Rural TCJ c March 11, 1962

AC - After College Level        

F4 = Final Four as a player  

AA = All-American

 AAU = Old AAU.  Or NIBL (Industrial League). Leagues were comparable to old NBA origin leagues.

NBA = National Basketball Association

ABA = American Basketball Association

EUROPE = All other major foreign professional basketball.

KHOF =  Kansas Sports Hall of Fame

NHOF = Naismith Hall of Fame

CBHOF - College Basketball Hall of Fame

Washburn @ - Washburn played in the Missouri Valley (1935-1942). Oklahoma State (A&M), Creighton, Saint Louis were also members. Counting All-Conference players as D-1