1938–39 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1938–39 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1938–39 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Six Conference
Record	13–7 (6–4 Big 6)
Head coach	Phog Allen (22nd season);
Captain	Lyman Corlis
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1937–38 1939–40 →

1938–39 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Missouri	7	–	3	.700	12	–	6	.667
Oklahoma	7	–	3	.700	12	–	6	.667
Kansas	6	–	4	.600	13	–	7	.650
Iowa State	5	–	5	.500	8	–	9	.471
Nebraska	3	–	7	.300	7	–	13	.350
Kansas State	2	–	8	.200	5	–	13	.278

The 1938–39 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1938–39 college men's basketball season. The Jayhawks were coached by Phog Allen. On January 18, 1939, the Jayhawks notched their 500th program victory by defeating rival Missouri Tigers at Home.^[1] Kansas failed to qualify for the 1939 NCAA Tournament, which was the first tournament ever held.

Roster

Robert Allen
Lyman Corlis
Ralph Dugan
Donald Ebling
Howard Engleman
Loren Florell
Richard Harp
Lester Kappelman
John Kline
Ralph Miller
Charles Nees
Max Replogle
Jack Sands

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 3*	Warrensburg	W 25–20	1-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 9*	at Oklahoma A&M	L 15–21	1-1	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
December 10*	at Oklahoma A&M	L 19–25	1-2	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
December 16*	at Texas	L 34–36	1-3	Gregory Gymnasium Austin, TX
December 17*	at Texas	W 49–35	2-3	Gregory Gymnasium Austin, TX
December 19*	at SMU	W 46–40	3-3	Old Gym Dallas, TX
December 20*	at SMU	W 52–45	4-3	Old Gym Dallas, TX
January 2*	Carleton	W 39–33	5-3	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 7	at Oklahoma	L 31–43	5-4 (0-1)	Field House Norman, OK
January 10	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 33–29	6-4 (1-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 14	at Nebraska	L 37–48	6-5 (1-2)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
January 18	Missouri Border War	W 37–32	7-5 (2-2)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 23	at Iowa State	L 37–40	7-6 (2-3)	State Gymnasium Ames, IA
January 28	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 40–38	8-6 (3-3)	Nichols Hall Manhattan, KS
February 8*	Oklahoma A&M	W 34–27	9-6	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 10*	at Washburn	W 37–34	10-6	Topeka High School Topeka, KS
February 14	Nebraska	W 49–46	11-6 (4-3)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 20	Iowa State	W 46–37	12-6 (5-3)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 25	Oklahoma	W 59–45	13-6 (6-3)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
March 2	at Missouri Border War	L 30–55	13-7 (6-4)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ ^a ^b 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