1908–09 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1908–09 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1908–09 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
MVIAA Champions
Conference	MVIAA
Record	25–3 (6–2 MVIAA)
Head coach	Phog Allen (2nd season);
Captain	Earl Woodward
Home arena	Robinson Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1907–08 1909–10 →

The 1908–09 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in its eleventh season of collegiate basketball, and its second in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, or MVIAA. The team would go on to win its second MVIAA Conference Championship. They finished the season 25–3. The head coach was Phog Allen, serving in his second and final year of his first tenure. Thomas Johnson was retroactively named an All-American by the Helms Foundation, making him the first Jayhawk to earn the honor.

Roster

Ralph Bergen
Robert Heizer
Thomas Johnson
Verne Long
Donald Martindell
George McCune
Carl Rouse
Earl Woodward

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Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Dec. 10, 1908*	at Baker	W 21–17	1–0	Baldwin City, Kansas
Dec. 12, 1908*	Baker	W 44–16	2–0	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas
Dec. 14, 1908*	at Emporia State	W 36–24	3–0	Emporia, Kansas
Dec. 15, 1908*	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 42–27	4–0	Nichols Hall Manhattan, Kansas
Dec. 16, 1908*	at Kansas Wesleyan	W 35–18	5–0	Salina, Kansas
Dec. 17, 1908*	at Bethany	W 36–24	6–0	Lindsborg, Kansas
Dec. 18, 1908*	at Fairmont	W 65–15	7–0	Wichita, Kansas
Dec. 19, 1908*	at Winfield YMCA	W 47–34	8–0	Winfield, Kansas
Dec. 21, 1908*	at Chilocco	W 39-9	9–0	Chilocco, Oklahoma
Jan. 8, 1909*	Nebraska	W 48-13	10–0	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas
Jan. 9, 1909*	Nebraska	W 36-17	11–0	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas
Jan. 11, 1909	Iowa State	W 65–22	12–0	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas
Jan. 16, 1909*	William Jewell	W 63–12	13–0	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas
Jan. 22, 1909*	Ottawa	W 61–22	14–0	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas
Jan. 23, 1909*	Washburn	W 36–10	15–0	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas
Jan. 30, 1909*	at Nebraska	W 18–13	16–0	Grant Memorial Hall Lincoln, Nebraska
Feb. 3, 1909	Missouri Border War	W 24–14	17–0	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas
Feb. 4, 1909	Missouri Border War	W 31–23	18–0	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas
Feb. 9, 1909*	Warrensburg	W 37–14	19–0	Warrensburg, Missouri
Feb. 10, 1909	at Washington (Mo.)	L 26–28	19–1	Francis Gymnasium St. Louis, Missouri
Feb. 11, 1909	at Washington (Mo.)	W 23–18	20–1	Francis Gymnasium St. Louis, Missouri
Feb. 12, 1909	at Missouri Border War	W 25–19	21–1	Rothwell Gymnasium Columbia, Missouri
Feb. 13, 1909	at Missouri Border War	L 21–38	21–2	Rothwell Gymnasium Columbia, Missouri
Feb. 20, 1909	Washington (Mo.)	W 33–28	22–2	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas
Feb. 22, 1909	Washington (Mo.)	W 27–25	23–2	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas
Mar. 4, 1909*	vs. Nebraska	W 28–22	24–2	Convention Hall Kansas City, Missouri
Mar. 5, 1909*	vs. Nebraska	W 24–15	25–2	Convention Hall Kansas City, Missouri
Mar. 6, 1909*	vs. Nebraska	L 29–32	25–3	Convention Hall Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

References

^ ^a ^b 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.
^ Big 8 Record Book

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

[2] Big 8 Record Book

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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