Home Sour Home: KU Could Have Become 4th Titlist With > 3 Home Losses

One of the reasons Kansas was a shaky #1 seed this year stemmed from the Jayhawks' four home-court defeats - Washington (9-point margin at K.C.), Arizona State (10), Texas Tech (12) and Oklahoma State (5). If KU won the NCAA crown, it would have joined the following chronological list of national champions losing more than three regular-season home games:

• City College of New York '50 (four) - Oklahoma (4), UCLA (7), Niagara (7) and Syracuse (9).
• Marquette '77 (five) - Louisville (3), Minnesota (7), DePaul (5 in 2OT), Detroit (1) and Wichita State (11).
• Connecticut '11 (four) - Louisville (1 in 2OT), Syracuse (8), Marquette (7 in OT) and Notre Dame (3).