The only coach with a career losing record for the University of Kansas men's basketball program has his rules displayed at the Lawrence campus.
Of course, the coach is also known as the inventor of basketball.
Kansas put James Naismith's original rules of basketball on display Friday at the new multi-million-dollar DeBruce Center, which was built to house the historical two-page document.
The 32,000-square-foot DeBruce Center opened a few weeks ago and is the permanent home for "The Original 13 Rules of Basket Ball," which Naismith wrote in 1891. The display was installed Friday.
The area where the rules are held is deliberately darkened to protect the historic document, which was bought at auction in 2010 for $4.3 million by University of Kansas alumnus David Booth and his wife, Suzanne Booth.
The $21.7 million donor-funded DeBruce Center, which was built to house the rules and serve as a space open to students and the public, opened April 25 and also features a cafeteria, gift shop and lounge space, The Lawrence Journal-World reported.
The display also contains a small portrait of Naismith as well as a 1939 radio interview of Naismith describing how he invented the game. It's the only known audio recording of Naismith's voice.
Kansas basketball Coach Bill Self, who got his first glimpse of the newly installed Naismith rules Friday, said the display reminded him of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, among the world's most famous portraits.
"What makes it so cool is how simplistic it is," Self said. "For those two pieces of paper to have such an impact in our sport is what makes it so special."
Naismith's on-court record at Kansas was 55-60 in nine seasons (1898-1907).
Shots fired
Houston football Coach Tom Herman let loose on one of the Cougars' American Athletic Conference rivals, SMU, at a Houston-area Rotary Club meeting Thursday.
"We understand the price of a championship," Herman told the Rotary Club. "That price is the same for Alabama as it is for Ohio State and UH.
"In order to pay that price, you've got to be willing to invest. There's a price for 9-win seasons and prices for 8, 7, 6-win seasons.
"Those prices are a lot easier to pay. And if you're satisfied with going 7-5 and going to the Poulan Weedeater Bowl, then great. Then you're in the wrong program and we'll find a place for you to go.
"I hear there's a private school up in Dallas that's really looking to try to get to 7 wins. We can certainly find you a home."
SMU finished 2-10 in 2015 under first-year Coach Chad Morris.
Meanwhile, Houston -- led by Herman in his first season -- went 13-1 and defeated Florida State in the Peach Bowl, one of the New Year's Six bowl games.
He said it
From Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald:
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• "Michael Strahan gave advice to NFL draftees Carson Wentz and Ezekiel Elliott: 'Never do a show with Kelly.' No, wait, that's not it."
• "Julian Edelman has not returned a video game he rented in 2004. If only this was the biggest crime an NFL player has been involved in."
QUIZ
What arena did the San Jose Sharks play at their first two seasons?
ANSWER
The Cow Palace in Daly City, Calif.. The Sharks played there in the 1991-1992 and 1992-1993 seasons before moving to the San Jose Arena (now SAP Center at San Jose) for the 1993-1994 season.
Sports on 05/15/2016