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326:
303:
296:
277:
269:
266:Ahearn today
261:
256:
250:
211:
195:
187:Nichols Hall
184:
168:
148:
147:
111:Broke ground
106:Construction
34:
1044:NBA players
962:(1950–1988)
956:(1911–1950)
950:(1902–1911)
472: /
435:Home of the
408:Home of the
130:$ 2 million
1714:Categories
887:Endowment:
836:Moore Hall
743:Alma Mater
728:Aggieville
668:Facilities
642:Volleyball
415:1968–1988
353:2013-02-10
318:References
284:volleyball
253:Tex Winter
1567:1999–2000
976:Rivalries
891:Students:
841:West Hall
811:Ford Hall
777:KSDB (FM)
772:KKSU (AM)
605:Athletics
573:Buildings
523:Academics
637:Baseball
622:Football
370:Archived
290:See also
161:Wildcats
85:Capacity
76:Operator
55:Location
1692:2024–25
1687:2023–24
1682:2022–23
1677:2021–22
1672:2020–21
1667:2019–20
1662:2018–19
1657:2017–18
1652:2016–17
1647:2015–16
1642:2014–15
1637:2013–14
1632:2012–13
1627:2011–12
1622:2010–11
1617:2009–10
1612:2008–09
1607:2007–08
1602:2006–07
1597:2005–06
1592:2004–05
1587:2003–04
1582:2002–03
1577:2001–02
1572:2000–01
1562:1998–99
1557:1997–98
1552:1996–97
1547:1995–96
1542:1994–95
1537:1993–94
1532:1992–93
1527:1991–92
1522:1990–91
1517:1989–90
1512:1988–89
1507:1987–88
1502:1986–87
1497:1985–86
1492:1984–85
1487:1983–84
1482:1982–83
1477:1981–82
1472:1980–81
1467:1979–80
1462:1978–79
1457:1977–78
1452:1976–77
1447:1975–76
1442:1974–75
1437:1973–74
1432:1972–73
1427:1971–72
1422:1970–71
1417:1969–70
1412:1968–69
1407:1967–68
1402:1966–67
1397:1965–66
1392:1964–65
1386:1963–64
1380:1962–63
1375:1961–62
1370:1960–61
1365:1959–60
1360:1958–59
1354:1957–58
1348:1956–57
1343:1955–56
1338:1954–55
1333:1953–54
1328:1952–53
1323:1951–52
1317:1950–51
1311:1949–50
1306:1948–49
1300:1947–48
1294:1946–47
1289:1945–46
1284:1944–45
1279:1943–44
1274:1942–43
1269:1941–42
1264:1940–41
1259:1939–40
1254:1938–39
1249:1937–38
1244:1936–37
1239:1935–36
1234:1934–35
1229:1933–34
1224:1932–33
1219:1931–32
1214:1930–31
1209:1929–30
1204:1928–29
1199:1927–28
1194:1926–27
1189:1925–26
1184:1924–25
1179:1923–24
1174:1922–23
1169:1921–22
1164:1920–21
1159:1919–20
1154:1918–19
1149:1917–18
1144:1916–17
1139:1915–16
1134:1914–15
1129:1913–14
1124:1912–13
1119:1911–12
1114:1910–11
1109:1909–10
1104:1908–09
1099:1907–08
1094:1906–07
1089:1905–06
1084:1904–05
1079:1903–04
1074:1902–03
1060:Seasons
885:1863 –
850:History
802:Housing
782:KKSU-LD
706:Culture
306:(2000)
201:at the
181:History
135:Tenants
1032:People
983:Kansas
941:Venues
566:Olathe
559:Salina
310:
299:(1988)
236:, and
119:Opened
754:Media
68:Owner
63:66506
430:None
403:None
367:Fact
308:ISBN
282:and
238:1969
234:1965
230:1962
226:1960
222:1955
218:1953
191:1948
114:1949
246:NIT
155:in
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232:,
228:,
224:,
220:,
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