​LAWRENCE — Former Kansas basketball coach Ted Owens is going to be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, according to a KU release.The ceremony will take place later this year in October, in Kansas City, Missouri. Owens, 96, spent 19 seasons at the helm for the Jayhawks, from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s. He won numerous conference titles and made a number of NCAA tournament appearances, including two Final Four runs in 1971 and 1974.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRELATED: Will Kansas basketball’s Tyran Stokes be No. 1 pick in 2027 NBA Draft?“We’re all so happy for Coach to receive this honor,” current Kansas coach Bill Self said in the release. “In my opinion, it’s been overdue. Considering not only what he did for his respective employers, what he has done for the game overall has been terrific. I have become very close friends with Coach and he’s one of the most unselfish leaders I’ve ever been around. I don’t know that I’ve ever met a coach who is as proud of his past players as Coach is. I am so happy for him, and I can’t wait to celebrate with him and his family.”Owens finished with a 348-182 record. His 348 wins place him as the fourth-winningest coach in program history. That’s behind Self, Phog Allen and Roy Williams.According to the release, “Joining Owens in the Class of 2026 is Jay Wright, former head coach at Villanova and Hofstra; Tubby Smith, former head coach at Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Texas Tech, Memphis and High Point; Glen Rice, former player at Michigan; Danny Ainge, former player at BYU; and Walt Hazzard, former player and coach at UCLA.”Former Kansas basketball coach Ted Owens, left, and player Walt Wesley, right, take questions during a press conference before Saturday’s game against Iowa State inside Allen Fieldhouse.Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He was the 2022 National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Former Kansas basketball coach Ted Owens to go into Hall of Fame