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173:
157:
137:
136:
100:Broke ground
95:Construction
23:
1033:NBA players
951:(1950–1988)
945:(1911–1950)
939:(1902–1911)
461: /
424:Home of the
397:Home of the
119:$ 2 million
1703:Categories
876:Endowment:
825:Moore Hall
732:Alma Mater
717:Aggieville
657:Facilities
631:Volleyball
404:1968–1988
342:2013-02-10
307:References
273:volleyball
242:Tex Winter
1556:1999–2000
965:Rivalries
880:Students:
830:West Hall
800:Ford Hall
766:KSDB (FM)
761:KKSU (AM)
594:Athletics
562:Buildings
512:Academics
626:Baseball
611:Football
359:Archived
279:See also
150:Wildcats
74:Capacity
65:Operator
44:Location
1681:2024–25
1676:2023–24
1671:2022–23
1666:2021–22
1661:2020–21
1656:2019–20
1651:2018–19
1646:2017–18
1641:2016–17
1636:2015–16
1631:2014–15
1626:2013–14
1621:2012–13
1616:2011–12
1611:2010–11
1606:2009–10
1601:2008–09
1596:2007–08
1591:2006–07
1586:2005–06
1581:2004–05
1576:2003–04
1571:2002–03
1566:2001–02
1561:2000–01
1551:1998–99
1546:1997–98
1541:1996–97
1536:1995–96
1531:1994–95
1526:1993–94
1521:1992–93
1516:1991–92
1511:1990–91
1506:1989–90
1501:1988–89
1496:1987–88
1491:1986–87
1486:1985–86
1481:1984–85
1476:1983–84
1471:1982–83
1466:1981–82
1461:1980–81
1456:1979–80
1451:1978–79
1446:1977–78
1441:1976–77
1436:1975–76
1431:1974–75
1426:1973–74
1421:1972–73
1416:1971–72
1411:1970–71
1406:1969–70
1401:1968–69
1396:1967–68
1391:1966–67
1386:1965–66
1381:1964–65
1375:1963–64
1369:1962–63
1364:1961–62
1359:1960–61
1354:1959–60
1349:1958–59
1343:1957–58
1337:1956–57
1332:1955–56
1327:1954–55
1322:1953–54
1317:1952–53
1312:1951–52
1306:1950–51
1300:1949–50
1295:1948–49
1289:1947–48
1283:1946–47
1278:1945–46
1273:1944–45
1268:1943–44
1263:1942–43
1258:1941–42
1253:1940–41
1248:1939–40
1243:1938–39
1238:1937–38
1233:1936–37
1228:1935–36
1223:1934–35
1218:1933–34
1213:1932–33
1208:1931–32
1203:1930–31
1198:1929–30
1193:1928–29
1188:1927–28
1183:1926–27
1178:1925–26
1173:1924–25
1168:1923–24
1163:1922–23
1158:1921–22
1153:1920–21
1148:1919–20
1143:1918–19
1138:1917–18
1133:1916–17
1128:1915–16
1123:1914–15
1118:1913–14
1113:1912–13
1108:1911–12
1103:1910–11
1098:1909–10
1093:1908–09
1088:1907–08
1083:1906–07
1078:1905–06
1073:1904–05
1068:1903–04
1063:1902–03
1049:Seasons
874:1863 –
839:History
791:Housing
771:KKSU-LD
695:Culture
295:(2000)
190:at the
170:History
124:Tenants
1021:People
972:Kansas
930:Venues
555:Olathe
548:Salina
299:
288:(1988)
225:, and
108:Opened
743:Media
57:Owner
52:66506
419:None
392:None
356:Fact
297:ISBN
271:and
227:1969
223:1965
219:1962
215:1960
211:1955
207:1953
180:1948
103:1949
235:NIT
144:in
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237:.
221:,
217:,
213:,
209:,
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