1937–38 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1937–38
Big Six Conference
1937–38 Big Six Conference
Record	18–2 (9–1 Big 6)
Head coach	Phog Allen (21st season);
Captain	Fred Pralle
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium
	Seasons ← 1936–37 1938–39 →

1937–38 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Kansas	9	–	1	.900	18	–	2	.900
Oklahoma	8	–	2	.800	14	–	4	.778
Missouri	4	–	6	.400	9	–	9	.500
Nebraska	4	–	6	.400	9	–	11	.450
Kansas State	3	–	7	.300	7	–	11	.389
Iowa State	2	–	8	.200	6	–	9	.400

The 1937–38 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1937–38 college men's basketball season.

Roster

Lyman Corlis
Fenlon Durand
Donald Ebling
Loren Florell
George Golay
Richard Harp
Robert Hunt
Carl Johnson
Lester Kappelman
Charles Nees
Kirk Owen
Fred Pralle
Bruce Reid
Sylvester Schmidt
Nelson Sullivan
Edwin Wienecke

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 6*	Doane	W 38–23	1-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 7*	Ottawa	W 36–17	2-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 10*	at Ottawa	W 41–35	3-0	Wilson Field House Ottawa, KS
December 13*	Baker	W 41–27	4-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 14*	Southwestern (KS)	W 39–29	5-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 15*	at Washburn	W 31–15	6-0	Topeka, KS
December 15*	Morningside	W 26–21	7-0	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 21*	at Southwestern (KS)	W 28–24	8-0	Stewart Field House Winfield, KS
December 29*	at Drake	L 29–34	8-1	Drake Fieldhouse Des Moines, IA
January 4*	Washburn	W 62–33	9-1	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 7	Oklahoma	L 46–49	9-2 (0-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence,KS
January 11	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 33–21	10-2 (1-1)	Nichols Hall Manhattan, KS
January 15	Iowa State	W 31–17	11-2 (2-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 19	at Border War	W 37–32	12-2 (3-1)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
February 2	Nebraska	W 48–33	13-2 (4-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 7	Kansas State	W 35–33	14-2 (5-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 18	at Oklahoma	W 41–38	15-2 (6-1)	Field House Norman, OK
February 21	at Iowa State	W 31–23	16-2 (7-1)	State Gymnasium Ames, IA
February 26	at Nebraska	W 50–47	17-2 (8-1)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
March 3	Missouri Border War	W 56–36	18-2 (9-1)	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 (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