1921–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1921–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Phog Allen, coaching in his fifth overall season with the Jayhawks. The team finished the season with a 16–2 record^[1] and was retroactively named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[2] This was Kansas' first of two consecutive Helms national championships.^[2]

1921–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
MVIAA Co-Champions Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	16–2 (15–1 MVIAA)
Head coach	Phog Allen (5th season)
Assistant coach	John Bunn (1st season)
Captain	George Rody
Home arena	Robinson Gymnasium
Seasons ← 1920–21 1922–23 →

1921–22 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Missouri	15	–	1		.938			16	–	1		.941
Kansas	15	–	1		.938			16	–	2		.889
Drake	12	–	4		.750			14	–	4		.778
Iowa State	8	–	8		.500			10	–	8		.556
Oklahoma	8	–	8		.500			9	–	9		.500
Nebraska	8	–	8		.500			8	–	9		.471
Kansas State	3	–	13		.188			3	–	14		.176
Grinnell	2	–	14		.125			5	–	14		.263
Washington University	1	–	15		.063			1	–	18		.053

Team captain and senior forward George E. Rody led the team and the Missouri Valley Conference in scoring with a 14.7 average.^[3] Rody was awarded the “first team captaincy” of the All Conference team, the forerunner of the Conference “Most Valuable Player” award.^[3] Junior Paul Endacott was also named first team All Conference and was retroactively declared a consensus All-American by the Helms Foundation. The team also included standout sophomore Charlie T. Black and reserve junior Adolph Rupp, who later went on to a Hall of Fame coaching career at Kentucky.

Roster

• Waldo Bowman
• Paul Endacott
• Armin F. Woestemeyer
• Byron Frederick
• Andrew McDonald
• George Rody
• Adolph Rupp
• Charlie T. Black
• John Wulf

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
1/2/1922*		at Minnesota	W 32–11	1–0	UM Armory  Minneapolis, MN
1/6/1922		Grinnell	W 38–16	2–0 (1–0)	Robinson Gymnasium  Lawrence, KS
1/10/1922		Drake	W 28–23	3–0 (2–0)	Robinson Gymnasium  Lawrence, KS
1/16/1922		Washington University	W 44–17	4–0 (3–0)	Robinson Gymnasium  Lawrence, KS
1/19/1922		at Nebraska	W 25–15	5–0 (4–0)	State Fairgrounds Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
1/24/1922		Missouri Border War	L 25–35	5–1 (4–1)	Robinson Gymnasium  Lawrence, KS
1/30/1922*		at Kansas City Athletic Club	L 32–34	5–2	Club House  Kansas City, MO
2/1/1922		at Oklahoma	W 26–18	6–2 (5–1)	Norman, OK
2/6/1922		Iowa State	W 32–21	7–2 (6–1)	Robinson Gymnasium  Lawrence, KS
2/8/1922		at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 32–23	8–2 (7–1)	Nichols Hall  Manhattan, KS
2/11/1922		Oklahoma	W 42–28	9–2 (8–1)	Robinson Gymnasium  Lawrence, KS
2/14/1922		at Iowa State	W 24–18	10–2 (9–1)	State Gymnasium  Ames, IA
2/15/1922		at Grinnell	W 21–14	11–2 (10–1)	Grinnell, IA
2/16/1922		at Drake	W 28–13	12–2 (11–1)	Des Moines Coliseum  Des Moines, IA
2/21/1922		at Missouri Border War	W 26–16	13–2 (12–1)	Rothwell Gymnasium  Columbia, MO
2/22/1922		at Washington University	W 41–26	14–2 (13–1)	Francis Gymnasium  St. Louis, MO
2/28/1922		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 44–26	15–2 (14–1)	Robinson Gymnasium  Lawrence, KS
3/6/1922		Nebraska	W 41–18	16–2 (15–1)	Robinson Gymnasium  Lawrence, KA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[5]