1938–39 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

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.

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

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	Rank#	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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