1946–47 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1946–47 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Six Conference
Record	16–11 (5–5 Big 6)
Head coach	Phog Allen (30th season)
Assistant coach	Howard Engleman (1st season)
Captain	Charles B. Black
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium
Seasons ← 1945–46 1947–48 →

1946–47 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oklahoma	8	–	2	.800	24	–	7	.774
Missouri	6	–	4	.600	15	–	10	.600
Kansas	5	–	5	.500	16	–	11	.593
Iowa State	5	–	5	.500	7	–	14	.333
Kansas State	3	–	7	.300	14	–	10	.583
Nebraska	3	–	7	.300	10	–	14	.417

The 1946–47 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1946–47 college men's basketball season.

Roster

Otto Schnellbacher
Charles B. Black
Ray Evans
Owen Peck
Don Auten
Wendell Clark
Gilbert Stramel
Clifford King
Jack Eskridge
Claude Houchin
William Sapp
Charles Penny
Harold England

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 7*	at Emporia State	W 48–42	1-0	William L. White Auditorium Emporia, KS
December 11*	Idaho	W 42–28	2-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 12*	vs. Iowa State	W 55–36	3-0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 13*	vs. Arkansas	W 53–52	4-0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 14*	vs. SMU	L 46–49	4-1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 17*	at Saint Louis	W 49–35	5-1	Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, MO
December 20*	vs. Oklahoma A&M	L 37–47	5-2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 26*	vs. Tulane All-College Tournament	W 65–53	6-2	Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK
December 27*	vs. Oklahoma All-College Tournament	W 51–45	7-2	Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK
December 28*	vs. Oklahoma A&M All-College Tournament	L 39–42	7-3	Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK
December 30*	vs. Stanford	W 54–52	8-3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 2*	vs. Colorado	L 50–52	8-4	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 7	Missouri Border War	L 34–39	8-5 (0-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 10	at Oklahoma	L 47–50	8-6	Field House Norman, OK
January 14	at Nebraska	L 46–48	8-7 (0-2)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
January 20*	at Colorado	L 54–59	8-8 (0-3)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
January 24	Iowa State	W 55–30	9-8 (1-3)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 28	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 50–39	10-8 (2-3)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 11*	at Oklahoma A&M	L 31–33	10-9	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 15	Nebraska	W 69–37	11-9 (3-3)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 20	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 45–48	11-10 (3-4)	Nichols Hall Manhattan, KS
February 22*	at DePaul	W 58–41	12-10	University Auditorium Chicago, IL
February 24*	Oklahoma A&M	W 37–34	13-10	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 28	at Iowa State	L 44–56	13-11 (3-5)	The Armory Ames, IA
March 4	Oklahoma	W 38–36	14-11 (4-5)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
March 7	Missouri Border War	W 48–38	15-11 (5-5)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
March 14*	Colorado	W 51–39	16-11	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.

v t e 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 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