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Take the Jayhawk Walk in the Kansas Union
A tour of Jayhawk art.

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This Jayhawk resides in the KU Bookstore on level two of the Kansas Union. It is an original piece of the Allen Fieldhouse floor used from 1979-1992 and is approximately 8'4" from beak to heel. Three Final Four teams (1986, 1988, 1991) and one National Champion team (1988) competed on this floor. The floor spanned the career of three of the 8 KU Head Coaches; Ted Owens, Larry Brown and Roy Williams. KU men's basketball members who have performed on this court and scored over 1,000 points in their careers:
Danny Manning, Cedric Hunter, Greg Dreiling, Calvin Thompson, Ron Kellog, Darnell Valentine, Alonzo Jamison, Mark Randall, Kevin Pritchard, Richard Scott, Adonis Jordan, Steve Woodberry, Milt Newton, Rex Walters, Kelly Knight, Carl Henry and David Magley