1906-07
OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
7-8 4-3 3-5 0-0

University of Kansas Basketball Team

ROSTER:

NO. POS. NAME CLASS HGT. WGT. Hometown (Previous School)
    RETURNEES:        
  F Phog Allen * Jr.      
  G/C Ralph Bergen * So.      
  C/F Billy Miller ** Jr.      
  G Milton Miller ** Cpt. Jr.      
  F/C Charles Siler ** Sr.      
    NEW FACES:        
  F George McCune So.      
    Paul Wohler So.      
  G Woodie Woodward Fr.      

          * Varsity letter     Cpt. = Captain    # = Walk-on     % = Nonletterman

COACHES:

Head coach: Dr. James Naismith

 

LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('06 stats):

PLAYER LOSSES Class Hgt. POS. G/GS PTS PPG RBS RPG PPts STATUS
Frank Barlow                    
Cecil Smith                    
Roscoe Winnagle                    
Charles Johnson                    
TOTALS                    

 

PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
 

 

 

 

 

SEASON SUMMARY:
Phog Allen resigned as captain of the 1906-07 team and left the university to become head basketball coach at Baker University in Baldwin City, KS.  The idea seemed preposterous to Naismith, who once told Allen, “You can’t coach the game of basketball; you just play it.”

KU’s schedule in 1906-07 included ‘the Farmers of Manhattan, the Soldiers of Fort Riley, the teachers of Emporia, the Methodists of Baldwin, and the Athletics of Newton.”  The Jayhawks lost to Allen’s Baker team 39-24.

Source:  The Crimson & Blue Handbook, page 12.

Allen's Squad Beat Naismith's Jayhawks

Before taking the coaching position at Kansas, Phog Allen served as coach at Baker University in Baldwin, Kan. On Feb. 14, 1907, Allen's Wildcats beat Naismith's Jayhawks, 39-24.

Source:  A Century of Kansas Basketball

 

1907  FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team highs in bold):

CATEGORY

KU

OPP

DIFF

           

Games Played/Started

15 15              

Points

490 470 20            

    Per Game

32.7 31.3 1.4            

Rebounds

                 

    Per Game

                 

FG -Attempts

                 

       Made

                 

       Percent

                 

FT-Attempts

                 

     Made

                 

     Percent

                 

Source:   KU Basketball Media Guide

GAME-BY-GAME

Lawrence YMCA W 43-37   Jan. 12 at Lawrence
Kansas State W 54-39   Jan. 25 at Lawrence
Ottawa W 37-35   Feb. 8 at Lawrence
Nebraska L 19-32   Feb. 9 at Lawrence
Kansas State L 25-29   Feb. 11 at Manhattan, Kan.
Emporia State W 35-20   Feb. 12 at Emporia, Kan.
Newton YMCA W 41-27   Feb. 13 at Newton, Kan.
Baker L 24-39   Feb. 14 at Baldwin, Kan.
Warrensburg W 34-16   Mar. 5 at Warrensburg, Mo.
Kansas City AC L 35-44   Mar. 6 at Kansas City, Mo.
William Jewell L 20-22   Mar. 7 at Liberty, Mo.
Co. F, Independence L 15-41   Mar. 8 at Independence, Mo.
Kirksville W 65-21   Mar. 9 at Lawrence
Missouri L 31-34   Mar. 11 at Lawrence
Missouri L 12-34   Mar. 12 at Lawrence
 

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