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7 years 9 months ago #11614 by CorpusJayhawk
Which KU player has the highest win/loss percentage for games in which he played and having played in at least 100 games?

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7 years 9 months ago #11615 by JRhawk
Career 07-08 thru 10-11. Winning % in games played between .87 & .89. Just played in 23 of 40 games in 07-08, but that was a 37-3 year.

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7 years 9 months ago #11616 by JRhawk
Horror of horrors - found Tyrel didn't play in 2 of 3 KU's 07-08 losses (only played 0+ minutes in loss at KSU). Also lost at UT and to 14-12 OSU in Stillwater. Can we please beat OSU there this year!!!
Tyrel's winning record 117-15 = .8863. Not too shabby.

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7 years 9 months ago #11617 by wardhawk
Vaughn

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7 years 9 months ago #11618 by Bayhawk
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7 years 9 months ago #11649 by konza63
My first instinct is to conclude it has to be in the modern era to get a player to the 100-game threshold. My second instinct is to conclude it would have had to have happened under Roy or Self, since only they would have had the necessary 4-straight seasons of astronomically high winning ball.

Tyrel would certainly be one of my first guesses, per JR's astute nomination, since the '07-'11 era was elite. But I'm going to go with Raef LaFrentz as my candidate, since he played during a great stretch run from '94-'98 (when KU went 123-17). I'm thinking perhaps Raef started in more games than Tyrel, and participated in more wins?

Raef LaFrentz from this corner.

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1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.

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7 years 9 months ago #11650 by Bayhawk
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7 years 9 months ago - 7 years 9 months ago #11653 by Wheatstate Gal
Love Raef!!

my 91 year old Aunt has a signed pair of his court shoes.....YUGE shoes!!!

Her son in law's brother in law worked for the "Nougats" when Raef played there.
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7 years 9 months ago #11656 by JRhawk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raef_LaFrentz

Raef was the man thru 97-98.

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7 years 9 months ago #11657 by CorpusJayhawk
Good guesses all. But the player was a walk on that earned a scholarship.


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7 years 9 months ago - 7 years 9 months ago #11658 by konza63
Hmmmm...

Did CB McGrath actually play in 100 games, per your opening question? He only put up 65 total shots over his entire 4-year career, and the stats sites don't even show his minutes per game.

Maybe he gets the title with an asterisk, but for those who actually saw true playing time on the court, it looks from your list like it was Tyrel by a narrow whisker over Raef, followed by Elijah.

I'm also just a "tad" surprised that Tyrel played in more games (one) than Raef, since Raef was a "sure thing" immediate starter while Tyrel had to prove himself. But perhaps my memory is getting rusty...

Regardless, that was fun! B) (And I always trust JRhawk to come up with very solid responses...)

“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”

1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
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7 years 9 months ago #11663 by big g
so sherron has the most absolute number of wins with ryan robertson one game behind? is frank within spitting distance of those two if we happen to win out from here?

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7 years 9 months ago #11665 by CorpusJayhawk
This is a bit of a trick question. CB did appear in the box score of 113 games. He never played more than 17 minutes and averaged only 5.8 minutes. He is just the lucky guy to ride the pine but get trash minutes in a whole lot of wins. The trick part is, since he was a down the bench guy, he did not often get into the close games that ended up in losses.

As for Mason, he has 109 wins. If the Jayhawks win out he would have 122 wins. That would put him 3rd all-time. Amazing but not enough o match Tyshawn or Sherron.

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7 years 9 months ago - 7 years 9 months ago #11666 by konza63

“With kindest regards to Dr. Forrest C. Allen, the father of basketball coaching, from the father of the game.”

1936 inscription on the portrait of Dr. Naismith, displayed above Phog Allen's office desk at KU.
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7 years 9 months ago #11670 by JRhawk

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7 years 9 months ago #11671 by JRhawk
CJ - I understand the caveats on your question. I surely missed PP and TRob (shame on me). As to total wins, KU Athletics looks it differently per link. http://www.kuathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3799

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