1958–59 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1958–59 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	11–14 (8–6 Big 8)
Head coach	Dick Harp (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Jack Eskridge (5th season) Jerry Waugh (3rd season)
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1957–58 1959–60 →

1958–59 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Kansas State	14	–	0	1.000	25	–	2	.926
Oklahoma	9	–	5	.643	15	–	10	.600
Colorado	8	–	6	.571	14	–	10	.583
Kansas	8	–	6	.571	11	–	14	.440
Nebraska	5	–	9	.357	12	–	13	.480
Oklahoma State	5	–	9	.357	11	–	14	.440
Iowa State	4	–	10	.286	9	–	16	.360
Missouri	3	–	11	.214	6	–	19	.240

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1958–59 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1958–59 college men's basketball season.

Roster

Ron Loneski
Bill Bridges
Al Donaghue
Bob Billings
Dee Ketchum
Bob Hickman
Monte Johnson
Jim Hoffman
Lyn Kindred
Gary Thompson
Dick Gisel
Russ Marcinek
Doyle Schick

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*		Rice	W 65–49	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 6*		at Canisius	W 75–54	2-0	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY
December 8*		Denver	L 60–73	2-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 12*	No. 7	at UCLA	L 61–72	2-2	UCLA Men's Gymnasium Los Angeles, cA
December 13*	No. 7	at USC	L 55–68	2-3	Pan-Pacific Auditorium Los Angeles, CA
December 19*		vs. No. 14 Saint Joseph's	L 65–67	2-4	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
December 20*		No. 4 NC State	L 63–66	2-5	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 26		vs. Colorado	L 52–63	2-6	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 27		vs. Oklahoma State	L 48–59	2-7	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 30		vs. Missouri Border War	W 84–73	3-7	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 5		Oklahoma State	W 58–49	4-7 (1-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 10		at Missouri Border War	W 69–62	5-7 (2-0)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
January 12		at Iowa State	W 69–48	6-7 (3-0)	The Armory Ames, IA
January 17		at Oklahoma	L 38–45	6-8 (3-1)	Field House Norman, OK
January 31		Colorado	L 64–66	6-9 (3-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 4		Oklahoma	W 71–44	7-9 (4-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 7		at Louisville	L 74–82	7-10	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
February 11		at No. 3 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 72–82	7-11 (4-3)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
February 14		at Nebraska	W 63–55	8-11 (5-3)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
February 16		at Colorado	L 53–65	8-12 (5-4)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
February 21		Nebraska	W 66–50	9-12 (6-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 23		Missouri Border War	W 85–81	10-12 (7-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 27		No. 2 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 77–87	10-13 (7-5)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 3		Iowa State	L 62–67	10-14 (7-6)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 10		at Oklahoma State	W 63–55	11-14 (8-6)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1958-59 Big Eight 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.

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