Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Allen Fieldhouse is an indoor sports arena on the University of Kansas (KU) campus in Lawrence, and home of the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team. The arena is named in honor of Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, a former coach of the Jayhawks whose tenure lasted 39 years. The Allen Fieldhouse is one of College basketball's most historically significant and prestigious buildings, with 37 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament games having been hosted at the center. The actual playing surface has been named the James Naismith Court, in honor of basketball's inventor, who established Kansas' basketball program and served as the Jayhawks' first coach from 1898 to 1907.ESPN's online publication, The Magazine, named Allen Fieldhouse the loudest college basketball arena in the country, and prominent sportswriter, Mark Whicker, has called Allen Fieldhouse "the best place in America to watch college basketball." KU's current record at Allen Fieldhouse, as of March 18, 2013, is 699-108. Since 1994, the Jayhawks have gone 263-14. Since 2007, they have gone 107-2, making Allen Fieldhouse the statistically greatest home-court advantage in all of sports during this time.Allen Fieldhouse has also hosted several NCAA tournament regionals, NBA exhibition games, and occasional concerts such as The Beach Boys, Elton John, James Taylor, Sonny and Cher, Leon Russell, Alice Cooper, ZZ Top, Tina Turner, Harry Belafonte, Henry Mancini, The Doobie Brothers, Kansas and Bob Hope as well as speakers, including former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 2004, U.S. presidential candidate Senator Robert F. Kennedy (which drew over 20,000) in 1968 and the anarchist Abbie Hoffman in 1970.. }
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- Allen_Fieldhouse abstract "Allen Fieldhouse is an indoor sports arena on the University of Kansas (KU) campus in Lawrence, and home of the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team. The arena is named in honor of Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, a former coach of the Jayhawks whose tenure lasted 39 years. The Allen Fieldhouse is one of College basketball's most historically significant and prestigious buildings, with 37 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament games having been hosted at the center. The actual playing surface has been named the James Naismith Court, in honor of basketball's inventor, who established Kansas' basketball program and served as the Jayhawks' first coach from 1898 to 1907.ESPN's online publication, The Magazine, named Allen Fieldhouse the loudest college basketball arena in the country, and prominent sportswriter, Mark Whicker, has called Allen Fieldhouse "the best place in America to watch college basketball." KU's current record at Allen Fieldhouse, as of March 18, 2013, is 699-108. Since 1994, the Jayhawks have gone 263-14. Since 2007, they have gone 107-2, making Allen Fieldhouse the statistically greatest home-court advantage in all of sports during this time.Allen Fieldhouse has also hosted several NCAA tournament regionals, NBA exhibition games, and occasional concerts such as The Beach Boys, Elton John, James Taylor, Sonny and Cher, Leon Russell, Alice Cooper, ZZ Top, Tina Turner, Harry Belafonte, Henry Mancini, The Doobie Brothers, Kansas and Bob Hope as well as speakers, including former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 2004, U.S. presidential candidate Senator Robert F. Kennedy (which drew over 20,000) in 1968 and the anarchist Abbie Hoffman in 1970.".