Editing Danny Manning (section)

==College career==
Manning led the Jayhawks to the 1988 NCAA title as a senior, leaving KU as its all-time leading scorer and rebounder. He was also the all-time leading scorer in [[Big Eight Conference]] history with 2,951 career points. He won the [[John R. Wooden Award|Wooden]], [[Naismith College Player of the Year|Naismith]], and [[NABC Player of the Year|NABC]] awards as the [[List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards|college player of the year]] in 1988.

In Kansas's 83–79 victory over Oklahoma in the [[1988 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game|1988 NCAA Championship Game]], Manning recorded 31 points, 18 rebounds, 5 steals, and 2 blocked shots. For his seemingly single-handed performance in propelling the underdog Jayhawks to the title, as well as KU's unremarkable record going into the NCAA tournament (21–11, most losses of any NCAA champion), the 1988 Kansas team was nicknamed "Danny and the Miracles" and Manning was honored as [[NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player|Most Outstanding Player]] in the tournament. A two-time [[All-America]]n while at KU, Manning was later named the Big Eight Player of the Decade. Kansas retired his famous #25 in February 1992. He is [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career scoring leaders|the twelfth all-time leading scorer in NCAA Basketball history]], behind [[Oscar Robertson]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Points Career Leaders and Records|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/leaders/pts-player-career.html|website=Sports-Reference|language=en|access-date=2022-03-30}}</ref>

Manning was selected to the last all-collegiate USA national basketball team in 1988, which competed at the [[1988 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] against all-professional Soviet and Yugoslavian teams in Seoul, South Korea. The team won the bronze medal but was viewed as a disappointment. Manning failed to score even a single point in that game, and afterward called it "one of the biggest disappointments of my life."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/29/sports/the-seoul-olympics-sports-of-the-times-nba-in-1992-olympics.html |title=The Seoul Olympics: Sports of the Times; N.B.A in 1992 Olympics?|first=Dave|last=Anderson|newspaper=The New York Times|date=29 September 1988|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref>

On April 2, 2020, The Sporting News deemed Manning the second-best player all-time since the NCAA bracket expanded.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ranking 68 greatest players of March Madness expanded-bracket era|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/list/ranking-68-greatest-players-of-march-madness-expanded-bracket-era/4y8yasn2xsyx1vxykm2il4mg8|access-date=2020-08-21|website=www.sportingnews.com|language=en}}</ref>