1950–51 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1950–51 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1950–51 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference\|Big Seven Conference
Record	16–8 (8–4 Big 7)
Head coach	Phog Allen (34th season);
Assistant coach	Dick Harp (2nd season)
Captain	Jerry Waugh
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1949–50 1951–52 →

1950–51 Big Seven Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Kansas State	11	–	1	.917	25	–	4	.862
Kansas	8	–	4	.667	16	–	8	.667
Missouri	8	–	4	.667	16	–	8	.667
Oklahoma	6	–	6	.500	14	–	10	.583
Nebraska	4	–	8	.333	9	–	14	.391
Iowa State	3	–	9	.250	9	–	12	.429
Colorado	2	–	10	.167	4	–	20	.167

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1950–51 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1950–51 college men's basketball season. The Jayhawks were coached by Phog Allen in his 34th year of his second tenure and 36th overall. On December 16, Allen coached against one of his former players, Adolph Rupp, for the first time. Rupp was the coach at Kentucky. The Jayhawks finished the season 8–4 in the Big Seven Conference, finishing 2nd in the conference, and 16–8 overall. They were not selected to the 1951 NCAA Tournament. One notable player on the team was Dean Smith, who would later go on to a Hall of Fame coaching career at North Carolina.

Roster

Clyde Lovellette
Ben Kenney
Bill Lienhard
Bill Hougland
Jerry Waugh
Charlie Hoag
Dale Engel
Sonny Enns
Dean Kelley
Clinton Bull
John Keller
Bill Schaake
Dean Wells
Ken Buller
Wally Beck
Harold Lowe
Jack Rodgers
Dean Smith
Aubrey Linville
Mark Rivard
Don Woodson

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 4*		Creighton	W 51–35	1-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 6*		Utah State	W 56–38	2-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 9*		at Saint Joseph's	W 60–41	3-0	Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA
December 12*		at St. John's	W 52–51	4-0	Madison Square Garden (III) New York, NY
December 16*		at Kentucky	L 39–68	4-1	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
December 19*	No. 11	Springfield (MA)	W 78–52	5-1	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 27	No. 10	vs. Iowa State	W 75–51	6-1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 29*	No. 10	vs. Minnesota	L 51–62	6-2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 30	No. 10	vs. Nebraska	W 63–47	7-2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 5	No. 20	Nebraska	W 66–41	8-2 (1-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 8	No. 20	Missouri	W 61–46	9-2 (2-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 11	No. 17	Colorado	W 54–48	10-2 (3-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 15	No. 17	No. 9 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 43–47	10-3 (3-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 27		at No. 18 Oklahoma	W 58–52	11-3 (4-1)	Field House Norman, OK
February 3*	No. 17	at Northwestern	L 53–54	11-4	Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL
February 5*	No. 17	Oklahoma A&M	L 41–46	11-5	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 10	No. 20	at Nebraska	W 61–52	12-5 (5-1)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
February 12	No. 20	at Missouri Border War	L 38–39	12-6 (5-2)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
February 17		at Iowa State	W 56–54	13-6 (6-2)	The Armory Ames, IA
February 19		Oklahoma	L 59–61	13-7 (6-3)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 24		at No. 5 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 51–65	13-8 (6-4)	Nichols Hall Manhattan, KS
February 26		Colorado	W 58–56	14-8 (7-4)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
March 7		Iowa State	W 70–64	15-8 (8-4)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
March 10*		at No. 2 Oklahoma A&M	W 37–27	15-8	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1950-51 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 1950-51 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