1949–50 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1949–50 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1949–50 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Seven Co-Champions
Conference	Big Eight Conference\|Big Seven Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 19
Record	14–11 (8–4 Big 7)
Head coach	Phog Allen (33rd season);
Assistant coach	Dick Harp (1st season)
Captain	Claude Houchin
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1948–49 1950–51 →

1949–50 Big Seven Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Kansas State	8	–	4	.667	17	–	7	.708
Nebraska	8	–	4	.667	16	–	7	.696
No. 19 Kansas	8	–	4	.667	14	–	11	.560
Colorado	6	–	6	.500	14	–	8	.636
Oklahoma	6	–	6	.500	12	–	10	.545
Missouri	4	–	8	.333	14	–	10	.583
Iowa State	2	–	10	.167	6	–	17	.261

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1949–50 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1949–50 college men's basketball season.

Roster

Clyde Lovellette
Claude Houchin
Jerry Waugh
Bill Hougland
Bill Lienhard
Bob Kenney
Harold England
Gene Petersen
Jack Carby
Dean Wells
Guy Mabry
Clinton Bull
Aubrey Linville
Lyn Smith
Maurice Martin
Dale Engel
Bill Schaake
Jay Drake
Jerry Bogue
Charles Bates
Harold Lowe
Carl Reade

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 3*		at Rockhurst	L 55–34	1-0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 5*		at Creighton	L 55–59	1-1	Vincardi Center Omaha, NE
December 10*		Purdue	W 60–52	2-1	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 15*		at Cincinnati	L 54–56	2-2	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH
December 17*		at Duquesne	L 54–64	2-3	Duquesne Gymnasium Pittsburgh, PA
December 20*		at Holy Cross	L 53–57	2-4	Boston Garden Boston, MA
December 23*		at Springfield	W 53–43	3-4	Blake Arena Springfield, MA
December 27		vs. Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 48–58	3-5	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 29		vs. Iowa State	W 64–43	4-5	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 30*		vs. Michigan	L 47–49	4-6	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 6		No. 17 Oklahoma	W 56–50	5-6 (1-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 10		at Nebraska	L 56–57	5-7 (1-1)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
January 14		No. 16 Missouri Border War	W 48–44	6-7 (2-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 27		Iowa State	W 67–42	7-3 (3-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 30*		Drake	W 76–50	8-3	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 6		at Colorado	L 48–50	8-4 (3-2)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
February 11		Nebraska	W 49–36	9-4 (4-2)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 14		at No. 14 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 50–55	9-5 (4-3)	Nichols Hall Manhattan, KS
February 17		Missouri Border War	W 59–52	10-5 (5-3)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 20*		at Drake	W 67–50	11-5	Drake Fieldhouse Des Moines, IA
February 25		Colorado	W 76–60	12-5 (6-3)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
March 3		at Iowa State	W 66–52	13-5 (7-3)	The Armory Ames, IA
March 7	No. 19	No. 14 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 79–68	14-5 (8-3)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
March 11	No. 19	at Oklahoma	L 49–52 ^OT	14-6 (8-4)	Field House Norman, OK
March 20	No. 19	at vs. No. 1 Bradley	L 57–59	14-7	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

References

^ sports-reference.com 1949-50 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 1949-50 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