1940–41 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1940–41 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1940–41 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Six Co-Champions
Conference	Big Six Conference
Record	12–6 (7–3 Big 6)
Head coach	Phog Allen (24th season);
Captains	Robert Allen; Howard Engleman; John Kline;
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1939–40 1941–42 →

1940–41 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Iowa State	7	–	3	.700	15	–	4	.789
Kansas	7	–	3	.700	12	–	6	.667
Nebraska	6	–	4	.600	8	–	10	.444
Oklahoma	5	–	5	.500	6	–	12	.333
Kansas State	3	–	7	.300	6	–	12	.333
Missouri	2	–	8	.200	6	–	10	.375

The 1940–41 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1940–41 college men's basketball season.

Roster

Robert Allen
James Arnold
John Buescher
Howard Engleman
Edward Hall
Vance Hall
Thomas Hunter
John Kline
Norman Sanneman
Marvin Sollenberger
Charles Walker

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 9*	Texas	W 35–27	1-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 10*	Texas	W 48–45	2-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 28*	at Fordham	L 42–53	2-1	Rose Hill Gymnasium New York, NY
December 30*	at Temple	L 35–40	2-2	Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA
January 2*	at Loyola	W 41–40	3-2	Alumni Gym Chicago, IL
January 8	at Oklahoma	L 31–42	3-3 (0-1)	Field House Norman, OK
January 13	Iowa State	W 44–41	4-3 (1-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 16	Missouri Border War	W 48–41	5-3 (2-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 20	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 46–41	6-3 (3-1)	Nichols Hall Manhattan, KS
February 3*	at Wichita	W 54–39	7-3	Henrion Gymnasium Wichita, KS
February 10	Nebraska	W 44–38	8-3 (4-1)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
February 17*	at Oklahoma A&M	L 26–30	8-4	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 21	at Missouri Border War	W 35–24	9-4 (5-1)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
February 25	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 50–45	10-4 (6-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
March 1	at Nebraska	W 55–53	11-4 (7-1)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
March 3	at Iowa State	L 29–41	11-5 (7-2)	State Gymnasium Ames, IA
March 7	Oklahoma	L 37–45	11-6 (7-3)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
March 11	Oklahoma A&M	W 34–31	12-6	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ 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.

[KU_Media_Guide-1] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[2] 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