1948–49 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1948–49 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1948–49 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference\|Big Seven Conference
Record	12–12 (3–9 Big 7)
Head coach	Phog Allen (32nd season);
Captain	William Sapp
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1947–48 1949–50 →

1948–49 Big Seven Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Nebraska	9	–	3	.750	16	–	10	.615
Oklahoma	9	–	3	.750	14	–	10	.583
Kansas State	8	–	4	.667	13	–	11	.542
Missouri	6	–	6	.500	11	–	13	.458
Colorado	4	–	8	.333	6	–	12	.333
Kansas	3	–	9	.250	12	–	12	.500
Iowa State	3	–	9	.250	8	–	14	.364

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1948–49 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1948–49 college men's basketball season.

Roster

Clinton Bull
Guy Mabry
Jerry Waugh
Claude Houchin
William Sapp
Dale Engel
Charles Penny
Lynwood Smith
Maurice Martin
Gene Petersen
Harold England
David Dennis

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 4*	at Rockhurst	W 67–20	1-0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 8*	Trinity	W 63–44	2-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 13*	at Purdue	L 46–47	2-1	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
December 18*	at Drake	L 44–60	2-2	Drake Fieldhouse Des Moines, IA
December 23*	Centenary	W 49–41	3-2	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 28	vs. Missouri Border War	W 62–50	4-2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 29*	vs. Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 60–46	5-2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 30	vs. Oklahoma	L 49–52	5-3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 4	at Oklahoma	L 36–38	5-4 (0-1)	Field House Norman, OK
January 8	at Nebraska	L 34–52	5-5 (0-2)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
January 11	Missouri Border War	W 42–35	6-5 (1-2)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 15	at Washington University (MO)	W 46–41	7-5	WU Field House St. Louis, MO
January 17	Colorado	L 30–42	7-6 (1-3)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 19	Drake	W 62–37	8-6	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 29*	Creighton	W 79–50	9-6	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 5	at Iowa State	W 62–57	10-6 (2-3)	The Armory Ames, IA
February 9	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 48–53	10-7 (2-4)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 12	Nebraska	L 39–49	10-8 (2-5)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 15	at Missouri Border War	W 55–37	11-8 (3-5)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
February 19*	Washington University (MO)	W 43–39	12-8	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 24	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 36–63	12-9 (3-6)	Nichols Hall Manhattan, KS
February 28	at Colorado	L 43–50	12-10 (3-7)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
March 3	Oklahoma	L 45–55	12-11 (3-8)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
March 8	Iowa State	L 45–49	12-12 (3-9)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1948-49 Big Seven Conference Season Summary
^ 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.

[1] sports-reference.com 1948-49 Big Seven Conference Season Summary

[KU_Media_Guide-2] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[3] 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