1949–50 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1949–50 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1949–50 college men's basketball season.

1949–50 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Seven Co-Champions
Conference	Big Eight Conference|Big Seven Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 19
Record	14–11 (8–4 Big 7)
Head coach	Phog Allen (33rd season)
Assistant coach	Dick Harp (1st season)
Captain	Claude Houchin
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium
Seasons ← 1948–49 1950–51 →

1949–50 Big Seven Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Kansas State	8	–	4		.667			17	–	7		.708
Nebraska	8	–	4		.667			16	–	7		.696
No. 19 Kansas	8	–	4		.667			14	–	11		.560
Colorado	6	–	6		.500			14	–	8		.636
Oklahoma	6	–	6		.500			12	–	10		.545
Missouri	4	–	8		.333			14	–	10		.583
Iowa State	2	–	10		.167			6	–	17		.261
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Roster

• Clyde Lovellette
• Claude Houchin
• Jerry Waugh
• Bill Hougland
• Bill Lienhard
• Bob Kenney
• Harold England
• Gene Petersen
• Jack Carby
• Dean Wells
• Guy Mabry
• Clinton Bull
• Aubrey Linville
• Lyn Smith
• Maurice Martin
• Dale Engel
• Bill Schaake
• Jay Drake
• Jerry Bogue
• Charles Bates
• Harold Lowe
• Carl Reade

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 3*		at Rockhurst	L 55–34	1-0	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 5*		at Creighton	L 55–59	1-1	Vincardi Center  Omaha, NE
December 10*		Purdue	W 60–52	2-1	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
December 15*		at Cincinnati	L 54–56	2-2	Cincinnati Gardens  Cincinnati, OH
December 17*		at Duquesne	L 54–64	2-3	Duquesne Gymnasium  Pittsburgh, PA
December 20*		at Holy Cross	L 53–57	2-4	Boston Garden  Boston, MA
December 23*		at Springfield	W 53–43	3-4	Blake Arena  Springfield, MA
December 27		vs. Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 48–58	3-5	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29		vs. Iowa State	W 64–43	4-5	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 30*		vs. Michigan	L 47–49	4-6	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 6		No. 17 Oklahoma	W 56–50	5-6 (1-0)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
January 10		at Nebraska	L 56–57	5-7 (1-1)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
January 14		No. 16 Missouri Border War	W 48–44	6-7 (2-1)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
January 27		Iowa State	W 67–42	7-3 (3-1)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
January 30*		Drake	W 76–50	8-3	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 6		at Colorado	L 48–50	8-4 (3-2)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
February 11		Nebraska	W 49–36	9-4 (4-2)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 14		at No. 14 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 50–55	9-5 (4-3)	Nichols Hall  Manhattan, KS
February 17		Missouri Border War	W 59–52	10-5 (5-3)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 20*		at Drake	W 67–50	11-5	Drake Fieldhouse  Des Moines, IA
February 25		Colorado	W 76–60	12-5 (6-3)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
March 3		at Iowa State	W 66–52	13-5 (7-3)	The Armory  Ames, IA
March 7	No. 19	No. 14 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 79–68	14-5 (8-3)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
March 11	No. 19	at Oklahoma	L 49–52 OT	14-6 (8-4)	Field House  Norman, OK
March 20	No. 19	at vs. No. 1 Bradley	L 57–59	14-7	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

Main article: 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball rankings