1944–45 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1944–45 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1944–45 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Six Conference
1944–45 record	12–5 (7–3 Big 6)
Head coach	Phog Allen (28th season);
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1943–44 1945–46 →

The 1944–45 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1944–45 college men's basketball season.

Roster[]

Norman Carlson
Herbert Helm
Gordon Reynolds
Owen Peck
Dean Corder
Charles Moffett
Kirk Scott
Louis Goehring
Gustave Daum
Edgar Williams
Everett Hill

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Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 4*	at Washburn	L 35–40	0-1	Topeka, KS
December 8*	Washburn	W 31–27	1-1	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 12*	at Rockhurst	W 47–28	2-1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 19*	Rockhurst	W 47–23	3-1	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 22	vs. Kansas State Border War	W 63–40	4-1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 23	vs. Missouri Border War	L 39–48	4-2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 5	at Missouri Border War	W 45–28	5-2 (1-0)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
January 12	Nebraska	W 48–33	6-2 (2-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 20	at Oklahoma	L 43–44	6-3 (2-1)	Field House Norman, OK
January 27	Iowa State	W 50–35	7-3 (3-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 30	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 39–36	8-3 (4-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 9	at Olathe NAB	W 41–26	9-3	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 10	at Nebraska	L 45–59	9-4 (4-2)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
February 13	Oklahoma	W 42–27	10-4 (5-2)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 16	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 33–31	11-4 (6-2)	Nichols Hall Manhattan, KS
February 24	Missouri Border War	W 64–33	12-4 (7-2)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
March 3	at Iowa State	L 39–61	12-5 (7-3)	State Gymnasium Ames, IA
*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 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State (results) Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1944–45 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Iowa State	8	–	2	.800	11	–	5	.688
Kansas	7	–	3	.700	12	–	5	.706
Oklahoma	5	–	5	.500	12	–	13	.480
Missouri	5	–	5	.500	12	–	13	.480
Kansas State	4	–	6	.400	10	–	13	.435
Nebraska	1	–	9	.100	2	–	17	.105