1954–55 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1954–55 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
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]

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.

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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References

^ sports-reference.com 1954-55 Big Seven Conference Season Summary
^ 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.
^ 2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.

[1] sports-reference.com 1954-55 Big Seven Conference Season Summary

[KU_Media_Guide-2] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[3] 2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics