1955–56 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1955–56 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1955–56 college men's basketball season. The Jayhawks played their home games at Allen Fieldhouse, their first full season playing at the arena. It was the 39th and final season under head coach Phog Allen, who was forced to retire after the season. The Jayhawks finished the season 14–9 overall and 6–6 in the Big Seven Conference and did not qualify for the NCAA Tournament.

1955–56 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Record	14–9 (6–6 Big 7)
Head coach	Phog Allen (39th season)
Assistant coaches	Jack Eskridge (2nd season) Dick Harp (7th season)
Captain	Dallas Dobbs
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1954–55 1956–57 →

1955–56 Big Seven Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Kansas State	9	–	3		.750			17	–	8		.680
Iowa State	8	–	4		.667			18	–	5		.783
Missouri	8	–	4		.667			15	–	7		.682
Colorado	7	–	5		.583			11	–	10		.524
Kansas	6	–	6		.500			14	–	9		.609
Nebraska	3	–	9		.250			7	–	16		.304
Oklahoma	1	–	11		.083			4	–	19		.174
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Roster

• Maurice King
• Gene Elstun
• Dallas Dobbs
• Lew Johnson
• Ron Johnston
• Bill Brainard
• John Parker
• Eddie Dater
• Lee Green
• Bob Lockley
• John Cleland
• Harry Jett
• Blaine Hollinger
• Jim Toft
• Gary Mowry
• Mark Boxberger

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 5*		Northwestern	W 91–70	1–0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 7*		at Wichita	W 56–55	2–0	WSU Fieldhouse  Wichita, KS
December 10*		at Wisconsin	W 74–66	3–0	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
December 17*	No. 18	at SMU	L 61–81	3–1	Perkins Gym  Dallas, TX
December 19*	No. 18	at Rice	L 66–75	3–2	Tudor Fieldhouse  Houston, TX
December 21*		SMU	W 62–58	4–2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 28*		vs. Cornell	W 75–58	5-2	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29		vs. Missouri Border War	W 73–56	6-2	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 30		vs. Iowa State	L 56–67	6-3	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 4*		at Oklahoma A&M	W 65–62	7-3	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
January 7		Oklahoma	W 77–65	8-3 (1-0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 9		at Missouri Border War	L 54–76	8–4 (1–1)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
January 14		at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 91–86	9–4 (2–1)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
January 16		Iowa State	W 68–63	10–4 (3–1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 31		Oklahoma A&M	W 56–55	11–4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 4		at Iowa State	L 63–79	11–5 (3–2)	The Armory  Ames, IA
February 6		Missouri Border War	L 78–85	11–6 (3–3)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 11		Nebraska	W 80–56	12–6 (4–3)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 17		at Oklahoma	L 68–69	12–7 (4–4)	Field House  Norman, OK
February 25		at Nebraska	W 60–56	13–7 (5–4)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
March 2		Colorado	W 54–44	14–7 (6–4)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 6		Kansas State	L 68–79	14–8 (6–5)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 10		at Colorado	L 67–75	14–9 (6–6)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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