1954–55 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1954–55 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1954–55 college men's basketball season. The Jayhawks were coached by Phog Allen who in his 36th season of his second tenure, 38th season overall. Kansas played their home games primarily at Hoch Auditorium, however, they did play their first game at Allen Fieldhouse, named after their head coach, on March 1, 1955 against Kansas State. They would play one more game at Allen Fieldhouse that season. The Jayhawks finished 11–10 and failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament.

1954–55 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference|Big Seven Conference
Record	11–10 (5–7 Big 7)
Head coach	Phog Allen (38th season)
Assistant coaches	Jack Eskridge (1st season) Dick Harp (6th season)
Captain	John Anderson
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium Allen Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1953–54 1955–56 →

1954–55 Big Seven Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 15 Colorado	11	–	1		.917			19	–	6		.760
Missouri	9	–	3		.750			16	–	5		.762
Kansas State	6	–	6		.500			11	–	10		.524
Nebraska	6	–	6		.500			9	–	12		.429
Kansas	5	–	7		.417			11	–	10		.524
Iowa State	4	–	8		.333			11	–	10		.524
Oklahoma	1	–	11		.083			3	–	18		.143
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Roster

• Dallas Dobbs
• Gene Elstun
• Bill Brainard
• Lew Johnson
• John Parker
• John Anderson
• Maurice King
• Gary Padgett
• Larry Davenport
• Blaine Hollinger
• Chris Divich
• Ron Johnston
• Lee Green
• Harry Jett
• Jack Wolfe
• Jerry Alberts
• Jim Toft
• Bill Heitholt
• Dick Warren
• Allan Hurst

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 6*		LSU	W 83–58	1-0	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
December 14*		Tulsa	W 73–66	2-0	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
December 17*		Rice	W 77–67	3-0	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
December 18*		Rice	W 100–72	4-0	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
December 27	No. 20	vs. Iowa State	L 81–82	4-1	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29*	No. 16	vs. California	L 62–65	4-2	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 31	No. 16	vs. Nebraska	W 69–66	5-2	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 4		No. 9 Missouri Border War	L 65–76	5-3 (0-1)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
January 10		Colorado	L 54–65	5-4 (0-2)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
January 15		at Nebraska	L 55–66	5-5 (0-3)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
January 17		at Iowa State	W 73–72	6-5 (1-3)	The Armory  Ames IA
February 8		Iowa State	L 59–77	6-6 (1-4)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 12		at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 78–68	7-6 (2-4)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
February 14		Oklahoma A&M	W 50–42	8-6	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 16		at Oklahoma	W 87–75	9-6 (3-4)	Field House  Norman, OK
February 19		Nebraska	L 55–66	9-7 (3-5)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 22		Colorado	L 69–80	9-8 (3-6)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
February 27		at Oklahoma A&M	L 49–63	9-9	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, Oklahoma
March 1		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 77–67	10-9 (4-6)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 5		at No. 20 Missouri Border War	L 71–90	10-10 (4-7)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
March 8		Oklahoma	W 71–67	11-10 (5-7)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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