1939–40 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1939–40 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1939–40 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Runner-up; Big Six co-champions
National Championship Game, ; L 42-60 vs. Indiana
Conference	Big Six Conference
Record	19–6 (8–2 Big 6)
Head coach	Phog Allen (23rd season);
Captains	Donald Ebling; Richard Harp;
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1938–39 1940–41 →

1939–40 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Kansas	8	–	2	.800	19	–	6	.760
Missouri	8	–	2	.800	13	–	6	.684
Oklahoma	8	–	2	.800	12	–	7	.632
Iowa State	2	–	8	.200	9	–	9	.500
Kansas State	2	–	8	.200	6	–	12	.333
Nebraska	2	–	8	.200	6	–	12	.333

The 1939–40 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1939–40 college men's basketball season. They were coached by Phog Allen. The Jayhawks qualified for the NCAA tournament, which was played for the first time the previous season, for the first time in school history. They would lose to Indiana in the national championship game.

Roster

Robert Allen
Donald Ebling
Howard Engleman
Richard Harp
William Hogben
Thomas Hunter
Bob Johnson
John Kline
Ralph Miller
Charles Nees
Jack Sands
Bruce Voran
Maurice Jackson

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 5*	Oklahoma A&M	W 34–30	1-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 8*	at Warrensburg	L 31–33	1-1	Warrensburg, MO
December 18*	SMU	W 63–31	2-1	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 19*	SMU	W 37–26	3-1	Hoch Auditoriuim Lawrence, KS
December 28*	vs. Baker	W 34–18	4-1	Topeka, KS
December 29*	vs. New Mexico Mines	W 40–24	5-1	Topeka, KS
December 30*	at Washburn	W 44–41	6-1	Topeka, KS
January 5	Oklahoma	W 46–26	7-1 (1-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 8*	at Loyola	W 40–36	8-1	Alumni Gym Chicago, IL
January 12	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 34–33	9-1 (2-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 18	at Missouri Border War	L 31–42	9-2 (2-1)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
January 23	Nebraska	W 40–24	10-2 (3-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 10	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 44–33	11-2 (4-1)	Nichols Hall Manhattan, KS
February 12	Iowa State	W 36–34	12-2 (5-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 15*	at Oklahoma A&M	L 22–24	12-3	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 24	at Nebraska	W 48–41	13-3 (6-1)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
February 26	at Iowa State	W 42–29	14-3 (7-1)	State Gymnasium Ames, IA
March 1	Missouri Border War	W 42–40	15-3 (8-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
March 4*	at Creighton	L 33–35	15-4	University Gym Omaha, NE
March 8	at Oklahoma	L 36–47	15-5 (8-2)	Field House Norman, OK
March 12	vs. Oklahoma	W 45–39	16-5	Henrion Gymnasium Wichita, KS
March 16*	vs. Oklahoma State	W 45–43	17-5	Memorial Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK
March 22*	vs. Rice NCAA Quarterfinals	W 50–44	18-5	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
March 23*	vs. USC NCAA Semifinals	W 43–42	19-5	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
March 30*	vs. Indiana National Championship game	L 42–60	19-6	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.
^ 2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.

[KU_Media_Guide-1] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[2] 2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics