In Kansas's 83–79 victory over Oklahoma in the 1988 NCAA Championship Game, Manning recorded 31 points, 18 rebounds, 5 steals, and 2 blocked shots.

Manning left Kansas as the Big-Eight’s all-time leading scorer with 2,951 points, fifth in NCAA history. He also finished as KU’s all-time leading rebounder with 1,187, second in blocked shots (200) and steals (270) and sixth in assists (342).

Danny Manning. Daniel Ricardo Manning Twitter: coachdmanning (D) Position: Power Forward Shoots: Right 6-10, 230lb (208cm, 104kg) Born: May 17, 1966 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi us. Relatives: Father Ed Manning. College: Kansas. High School: Lawrence in Lawrence, Kansas

Their star player, Danny Manning, earned the team the nickname "Danny and the Miracles" because of the Jayhawks' improbable tournament run after an 11-loss season, the most ever by a national champion.

Danny Manning (25) Forward/Center - 1988 consensus college player of the year (Naismith, Wooden, Kodak) … 1987 and 1988 consensus first-team All-American … Three-time.

May 7, 2024 · Former University of Kansas men’s basketball great Danny Manning, most recently an assistant coach at Louisville, has been hired as an assistant coach at Colorado, Buffaloes coach Tad Boyle...

Apr 2, 2018 · What the 1988 Kansas Jayhawks accomplished over the next nine weeks — culminating in a national championship — was much more remarkable than any win streak. This is their story, told through the...

May 7, 2024 · Kansas legend Danny Manning will be back in the Big 12 Conference next season. Manning has been hired as an assistant coach at Colorado, where his former KU teammate Tad Boyle is the head coach.

Mar 28, 2018 · It's the 1988 Kansas Jayhawks, who were dubbed "Danny and the Miracles" in honor of star player Danny Manning. Shelby's Alvin Gentry, now head coach of the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans, had a front row view of that memorable team as a third-year assistant for Jayhawks head coach Larry Brown.

As a basketball player at LHS, Danny helped win that State Championship his senior year. Considered one of the greatest players in University of Kansas history, he led the 1988 Kansas Jayhawks to the National Championship against the Oklahoma Sooners.