1943–44 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1943–44 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1943–44 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Six Conference
Record	17–9 (5–5 Big 6)
Head coach	Phog Allen (27th season);
Captain	Harold McSpadden
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1942–43 1944–45 →

1943–44 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Iowa State	9	–	1	.900	14	–	4	.778
Oklahoma	9	–	1	.900	15	–	8	.652
Kansas	5	–	5	.500	17	–	9	.654
Missouri	5	–	5	.500	10	–	9	.526
Kansas State	1	–	9	.100	7	–	15	.318
Nebraska	1	–	9	.100	2	–	13	.133

The 1943–44 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1943–44 college men's basketball season.

Roster

George Dick
Willard Frank
Gordon Stucker
Dean Corder
Harold McSpadden
Charles Moffett
Homer Sherwood
Louis Goehring
Robert Turner
William Lindquist
Robert Malott
Donald Diehl
Donald Barrington
James E. Roderick Jr.

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*	Herington AAB	W 40–27	1-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 4*	Hutchinson NAB	L 32–46	1-1	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 12*	at Ft. Leavenworth	W 31–27	2-1	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 10*	at Washburn	W 46–24	3-1	Topeka, KS
December 11	at Rockhurst	W 45–32	4-1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 13*	Rockhurst	W 43–28	5-1	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 15*	Olathe NAB	L 36–42	5-2	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 17*	Ft. Riley CRTC	W 32–31	6-2	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 23*	Herington AAB	W 22–15	7-2	Herington, KS
December 29	vs. Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 62–44	8-2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 30	vs. Missouri Border War	W 34–27	9-2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 3	Pittsburg State	W 35–21	10-2	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 8	at Missouri Border War	L 28–35	10-3 (0-1)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
January 11*	at Olathe NAB	L 25–49	10-4	Olathe, KS
January 15	at Nebraska	W 51–27	11-4 (1-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 18	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 36–30	12-4 (2-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 21	Oklahoma	L 23–24	12-5 (2-2)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 29	at Iowa State	L 29–40	12-6 (2-3)	State Gymnasium Ames, IA
February 2*	Washburn	W 35–22	13-6	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 7*	Ft. Riley CRTC	L 38–43	13-7	Ft. Riley, KS
February 12	at Oklahoma	L 35–39	13-8 (2-4)	Field House Norman, OK
February 15*	at Ft. Leavenworth	W 54–52	14-8	Leavenworth, KS
February 19	at Nebraska	W 56–47	15-8 (3-4)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
February 23	at Kansas State	W 32–24	16-8 (4-4)	Nichols Hall Manhattan, KS
February 26	Missouri Border War	W 40–27	17-8 (5-4)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
March 3	Iowa State	L 25–47	17-9 (5-5)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
*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