[4] The following season, he had 18.9 points per game for the Jayhawks as the team reached the NCAA tournament final.

Indiana defeated Kansas 69–68 in the championship game, but Born won the tournament's Most Outstanding Player award.

[5] Born posted an average of 19 points per game in the 1953–54 season, and competed for the U.S. national team in the 1954 FIBA World Championship.

[3] At that tournament, he scored 10.4 points per game in nine appearances and had a 12-point performance in a 62–41 U.S. win over Brazil that clinched the gold medal for the American team.

[9] In addition, he helped the Jayhawks recruit Wilt Chamberlain, a leading high school player at the time.