An interesting exercise for someone with the time would be to take KSU records through 1988 and then add on the 16 years of Bob Huggins tenure at Cincy (he started in 1989 the exact same moment of the start of our drop-off) then take our total and compare that to ku’s total.
I suspect the numbers, while not equal, will be very similar.
I found the following on another message board (haven’t confirmed their accuracy):
(On the eve of the 1988 Elite Eight game, KSU vs. ku)- - -
[NCAA Appearances: KSU (18) - ku (18)]- - -
[Sweet 16: KSU (16) - ku (13)]- - -
[Elite 8: KSU (11) - ku (11)]- - -
[Final 4: KSU (4) - ku (6)]- - -
[Nat'l Champ: KSU (0) - ku (1)]- - -
[Weeks Ranked #1: KSU (8) - ku (9)]- - -
[Weeks in Top 5: KSU (62) - ku (49)]- - -
[Weeks in Top 10: KSU (89) - ku (139)]- - -
[Final Top 10: KSU (7) - ku (10)]- - -
[Final #1: KSU (1) - ku (0)]- - -
[Big 8 Champs: KSU (10) - ku (8)]- - -
[Big 7 Champs: KSU (5) - ku (5)]- - -
[KSU vs ku (Big 8): 39-37]- - -
[KSU vs ku (Big 7): 13-15]- - -
I was able to gather the following information about Hugs time at Cincy:
Bob Huggins @ Cincinnati 1989-1990 to 2004-2005
NCAA Appearrance Huggins (14)
Sweet 16 (4)
Elite 8 (3)
Final 4 (1)
NIT appearances (2)
10 Conference Titles
8 Conference Tourney Titles
