1945-46
OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL CONFERENCE PLACE CONF. TOURNEY POST-SEASON
19-2 8-0 7-0 4-2 10-0 1st   0-1 NCAA

ROSTER:

NO. POS. NAME CLASS HGT. WGT. Hometown (Previous School)
    RETURNEES:        

4

C

Dean Corder **

Jr. 

5'9

143

Welda, KS

14

G

Gus Daum *

Jr. 

6'3

200

Topeka, KS  (Harveyville HS)Transfer from Emporia State

20

G-C

Everett Hill * %

So. 

6'2

175

Lawrence, KS  (Lawrence Memorial HS)

7

C

Owen Peck *

Sr.

5'9

170

Kansas City, KS  (Wyandotte HS)Transfer from Kansas City Juco
    NEW FACES:        

23

F

Gene Anderson %

Fr.

6'6

187

Salina, KS

 

C-G

Don Auten

Fr. 

6'0 

170

Rochester, NY

 

F

Hoyt Baker *

So. 

 

 

Peabody, KS

7

G-F

Jack Ballard **

Sr.

6'6

205

 Kansas City, MO   (Southwest HS)

9

G

Gene Barr

So. 

6'2

190

El Dorado, KS. Transfer from El Dorado Juco

10

F

Charlie Black **

Jr.

6'5

205

Kansas City  (Southwest HS)Transfer from Wisconsin

24

G

Wendell Clark

Jr. 

6'2

175

Victoria, IL. (Transfer from Denison College)

18

G

Karl Ebel %

 

6'0

177

Hillsboro, KS (Hillsboro HS)

15 

G-C

Ray Evans **

Jr.

6'1

192

 Kansas City, KS  (Wyandotte HS)

3

G-C

Ray Frisby

Fr. 

6'0

160

El Dorado, KS

25

C-G

George Gear

Fr. 

5'10

170

Hutchison, KS

13

F

John Kanas %

Jr. 

5'11

165

Kansas City, KS  (Wyandotte HS) KC Juco Transfer

26

G

Jack Lippoldt %

Fr. 

5'9

150

Salina, KS

19

C-F

Maurice Martin

Fr. 

6'4

170

Topeka, KS  (Topeka HS)

21

F

Gene Petersen

So. 

6'7

200

Lawrence, KS; Millard, NETransfer from Nebraska U.

11

F

Otto Schnellbacher *

So.

6'3

180

Sublette, KS

5

F

Gib Stramel

So.

6'2

170

Hays, KS. Transfer from Washburn U.

8

F

Dick Van Gundy %

So. 

6'0

165

Moline, IL.Transfer from Washburn U.

17

C

Bill Wilson %

Fr. 

5'9

155

Kansas City

Note: T. P. Hunter was posthumously elected as captain

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

HEAD COACH:

Forrest C. "Phog Allen

 John Pfitsch, Assistant coach

LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('45 stats):

PLAYER LOSSES Class Hgt. POS. G/GS PTS PPG STATUS
Charles Moffett * So. 6'0 F/C 16 156 9.8  
Gordon Reynolds * Jr. 6'2   16/ 139 8.7 In military
Kirk Scott * Jr./Sr. 6'0 G 16/ 113 7.1 Graduated
Herbert Heim * Sr. 6'4 G/C 17/ 63 3.7 Graduated
Norman Carlson * Fr. 6'2 F 14/ 41 2.9  
Jim Gregath So. 5'11 G 4/ 16 4.0 In military
James Briley   5'8   4/ 10 2.5  
Odd Williams Fr. 5'10 F 13/ 9 1.5  
Lou Goehring Jr. 6'1 G/F 9/ 8 0.9 In military
Guy Ashcraft Jr. 6'0 F 4/ 4 1.0  
Raymond Lance So. 6'2 C 1/ 4 4.0 In military
Tex Langford So. 6'2 G 5/ 4 0.8 In military
Charles Aylward So. 5'10 F 4/ 0 0/0 In military
James Baska Fr. 6'5 F 4/ 0 0.0 In military
Robert Brown Fr. 6'0 F 2/ 0 0.0  
George Darsie So. 5'11 F 2/ 0 0.0 In military
Don Diehl Jr.   G 1/ 0 0.0 In military
Charles Froom Fr. 5'10 F/G 3/ 0 0.0  
Francis Peterson Fr. 6'0 G 4/ 0 0.0  
Edwin Pyle Jr. 6'4 G 2/ 0 0.0 In military
Wallace Rouse Fr. 6'3 G 2/ 0 0.0  
Earl Strong Fr. 6'0 G 2/ 0 0.0  
Gil Woerner Jr. 6'0 F 3/ 0 0.0 In military
TOTALS  *Letterman       17 567 33.4  

 

PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
Only four players from the 1945 squad returned, and five of the top 7 scorers from the 1945 team did not return for the '46 season. However, five former players returned, after some absence from WWII, including former All-Americans Charlie Black and Ray Evans (who only played in 5 games).

This was the tallest team in KU history, with four men over 6'5. The 1945-46 edition of the Jayhawkers isn't slated to be a super-team, but it will contain as least one performer who will carry a pain for the opposition.  He is Charlie Black, All-American in 1942 and now back in the harness after two and a half years in the Army Air Corps.

 

SEASON SUMMARY:
Although 23 players were on the '46 roster, the rotation mostly included only six players until Ray Evans arrived late in the season.  Those six carried the Jayhawks to a 19-2 record, a perfect conference season, and a spot in the NCAA tournament, where they lost to eventual national Champion Oklahoma A&M, who had given the Jayhawks their only other loss earlier in the year.

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1946  FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team highs in bold):

CATEGORY

KU

OPP

DIFF

 Black, Charlie Stramel, Gib Schnellbacher, Otto Evans, Ray Peck, Owen Clark, Wendell Petersen, Gene

Games Played/Started

 21 21   20/ 16/ 15/ 5/ 21/ 19/ 16/

Points

 1,116 832 284 326 147 135 38 121 101 57

    Per Game

 53.1 39.6 13.5 16.3 9.2 9.0 7.6 5.8 5.3 3.6

FG -Attempts

                    

       Made

 430     122 65 51 17 40 40 25

       Percent

                    

FT-Attempts

                    

     Made

 256     82 17 33 4 41 21 7

     Percent

                    

Statistics, Cont'd.  Note that totals do not include stats for ncaa game against Oklahoma A&M.

CATEGORY Martin, Maurice Daum, Gus Barr, Gene Gear, George Anderson, Gene Hill, Everett Frisby,
Ray		 Auten, Don
Games Played/ Started 15/ 12/ 13/ 16/ 9/ 6/ 15/ 3/
Points 52 33 33 24 12 7 17 3
   Per Game 3.5 2.8 2.5 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0
FG - Attempts                
         Made 19 12 13 9 4 2 7 1
         Percent                
FT - Attempts                
        Made 14 9 7 6 4 3 3 1
        Percent                

Statistics, Cont'd.  Note that totals do not include stats for ncaa game against Oklahoma A&M.

CATEGORY Corder, Dean Ebel,
Karl		 Lippoldt, Jack Ballard, Jack Kanas, John Baker, Hoyt Wilson, Bill VanGundy, Dick
Games Played/ Started 9/ 7/ 6/ 2/ 1/ 3/ 1/ 1/
Points 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
   Per Game 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FG - Attempts                
         Made 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Percent                
FT - Attempts 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
        Made                
        Percent                

Source:   KU Basketball Media Guide

GAME-BY-GAME

Warrensburg W 45-28   Dec. 3 at Lawrence
Olathe NAS W 65-61   Dec. 7 at Lawrence
Rockhurst W 59-45   Dec. 11 at Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas State W 71-46   Dec. 14 at Kansas City, Mo.
Missouri W 59-35   Dec. 15 at Kansas City, Mo.
Rockhurst W 50-21   Dec. 17 at Lawrence
Olathe NAS W 52-22   Dec. 19 at Olathe, Kan.
Rice W 42-34   Dec. 26 at Oklahoma City, Okla.
Oklahoma A&M L 28-46   Dec. 27 at Oklahoma City, Okla.
Oklahoma W 53-46   Dec. 28 at Oklahoma City, Okla.
Missouri W 48-36   Jan. 7 at Lawrence
Kansas State W 39-26   Jan. 9 at Manhattan, Kan.
Nebraska W 56-45   Jan. 11 at Lincoln, Neb.
Oklahoma W 53-52   Jan. 18 at Lawrence
Iowa State W 50-47 * Jan. 25 at Ames, Iowa
Kansas State W 68-43   Jan. 29 at Lawrence
Nebraska W 72-30   Feb. 16 at Lawrence
Missouri W 50-34   Feb. 22 at Columbia, Mo.
Iowa State W 69-41   Feb. 25 at Lawrence
Oklahoma W 52-45   Feb. 28 at Norman, Okla.
NCAA Tournament

 

 

 

Oklahoma A&M L 38-49   Mar. 18 at Kansas City, Mo.
(NCAA Playoff)
 

LINK TO 1946 NATIONAL STATISTICS

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