1945–46 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1945–46 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1945–46 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Six Champions
Conference	Big Six Conference
Record	19–2 (10–0 Big 6)
Head coach	Phog Allen (29th season);
Assistant coach	John Pfitsch (1st season)
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1944–45 1946–47 →

1945–46 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Kansas	10	–	0	1.000	19	–	2	.905
Oklahoma	7	–	3	.700	11	–	10	.524
Iowa State	5	–	5	.500	8	–	8	.500
Missouri	3	–	7	.300	6	–	11	.353
Nebraska	3	–	7	.300	7	–	13	.350
Kansas State	2	–	8	.200	4	–	20	.167

The 1945–46 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1945–46 college men's basketball season.

Roster

Wendell Clark
Don Auten
Eugene Barr
Otto Schnellbacher
Donald Frisby
Jack Ballard
Owen Peck
Hoyt Baker
Ray Evans
Charles B. Black
Gilbert Stramel
Dean Corder
George Gear
Gustave Daum
Maurice Martin
Gene Petersen
Gene Anderson

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 3*	Warrensburg	W 45–28	1-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 7*	Olathe NAS	W 65–61	2-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 11*	at Rockhurst	W 59–45	3-0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 14	vs. Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 71–46	4-0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 15	vs. Missouri Border War	W 59–35	5-0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 17*	Rockhurst	W 50–21	6-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 19*	at Olathe NAS	W 52–22	7-0	Olathe, KS
December 26*	vs. Rice	W 42–34	8-0	Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK
December 27*	vs. Oklahoma A&M	L 28–46	8-1	Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK
December 28	vs. Oklahoma	W 53–46	9-1	Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK
January 7	Missouri	W 48–36	10-1 (1-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 9	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 39–26	11-1 (2-0)	Nichols Hall Manhattan, KS
January 11	at Nebraska	W 56–45	12-1 (3-0)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
January 18	Oklahoma	W 53–52	13-1 (4-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 25	at Iowa State	W 50–47	14-1 (5-0)	State Gymnasium Ames, IA
January 29	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 68–43	15-1 (6-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 16	Nebraska	W 72–30	16-1 (7-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 22	at Missouri Border War	W 50–34	17-1 (8-0)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
February 25	Iowa State	W 69–41	18-1 (9-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 28	at Oklahoma	W 52–45	19-1 (10-0)	Field House Norman, OK
March 18*	vs. Oklahoma A&M	L 38–49	19-2	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