*Phog Allen was originally enshrined as a Contributor in 1959. According to Matt Zeysing, historian at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, "In the early to mid-90s, the BHOF Board reviewed Enshrinee careers. At that time a motion was made to change a few categories of Enshrinees. Phog Allen was one such Inductee. His category was changed to Coach."
In addition to the above inductees, who have strong ties to KU, three other members of the Hall of Fame have weaker ties to KU basketball.
- Forrest DeBernardi, enshrined in 1961, was a seven-time AAU All-American in the 1920s and considered one of the greatest players of the first half of the 20th century. He enrolled at KU in the fall of 1921 after spending two years at Westminster College. Phog Allen was quoted at the time as calling Debernardi the "perfect basketball player". He was already a heralded player, not only at Westminster, where he had scored 50 points in one game, but at the AAU level, having won All-American honors in leading the Kansas City Athletic Club (KCAC) to the 1921 national championship. He joined the KU basketball team, and after sitting out the first semester as required at the time for transfer students, he appeared to be ready to step into the starting lineup in KU's first game of the second semester against KCAC, his former team. Instead, just two days before the game, DeBernardi left KU and rejoined the KCAC team. KCAC defeated KU by the score of 34-32, with DeBernardi scoring 17 points. It was one of only two losses for KU that season.
- Jerry Colangelo came to KU in the fall of 1957 and joined the Jayhawks freshman basketball team. He scored six points while playing against Wilt Chamberlain in the annual varsity vs freshmen game. After a short stay he left KU and transferred to Illinois, saying, "Guards at Kansas do nothing but throw to the center and forwards." Colangelo was enshrined into the Hall of Fame in 2004.
- John Calipari began his coaching career as a part time assistant on Ted Owens' staff during the 1982-83 season. He became a full time assistant for Larry Brown during the next two seasons, his duties including recruiting and coaching the junior varsity team. At KU, Calipari met his wife, Ellen, a secretary in the athletic business office. Calipari was in the 2015 class of Hall of Fame inductees.
| Inductees of select schools, based on individual accomplishments |
| Kansas | 18 | |
| UCLA | 12 | John Wooden, Ann Meyers, Bill Walton, Denny Crum, |
| | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Gail Goodrich, Denise Curry, |
| | Billie Moore, Larry Brown, Don Barksdale, |
| | Reggie Miller, Jamaal Wilkes |
| North Carolina | 10 | Ben Carnevale, Frank McGuire, Dean Smith, |
| | Larry Brown, Billy Cunningham, James Worthy, |
| | Robert McAdoo, Roy Williams, Michael Jordan, |
| | Sylvia Hatchell |
| Kentucky | 9 | Adolph Rupp, Cliff Hagan, Frank Ramsey, Dan Issel, |
| | C. M. Newton, Pat Riley, Rick Pitino, John Calipari, |
| | Louis Dampier |
| Springfield College | 9 | James Naismith, John Bunn, Luther Gulick, |
| | Ferenc Hepp, Ed Hickox, R. William Jones, |
| | Arthur Schabinger, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Edward Steitz |
| Indiana | 9 | Branch McCracken, Harlan Page, Everett Dean, Cliff Wells, |
| | Bob Knight, Walt Bellamy, Isiah Thomas, Bob Leonard, |
| | George McGinnis |
| Louisville | 3 | Denny Crum, Rick Pitino, Wes Unseld |
| Duke | 1 | Mike Krzyzewski |
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