1948-49
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ROSTER:
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POS. |
NAME |
CLASS |
HGT. |
WGT. |
Hometown (Previous School) |
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RETURNEES: |
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25
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F
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Harold
England **
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Sr.
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6'2
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170
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Halstead, KS
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12
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G
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Sonny
Enns * %
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So.
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6'0
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170
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Newton, KS |
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7
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G
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Claude
Houchin **
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Jr.
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6'4
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185
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Muncie, KS |
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5
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C-F-G
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Guy
Mabry *
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Jr.
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6'0
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155
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Rock Island, IL |
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19
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F-G
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Maurice
Martin **
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Sr.
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6'4
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170
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Topeka, KS (Topeka HS) |
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14
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F-G
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Charles
Penny **
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Jr.
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6'1
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179
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Lawrence, KS
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8
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G
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Bill
Sapp ** Cpt.
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Sr.
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6'1
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181
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Augusta, KS (Transfer from Duke) |
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24
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G
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Alvin
Ward %
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Sr.
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5'11
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180
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Chanute, KS (Juco transfer) |
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6
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C
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Jerry
Waugh *
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So.
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6'0
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155
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Wellington, KS |
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NEW FACES: |
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3
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F-C
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Buddy
Bull
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So.
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6'1
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170
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Columbus, KS |
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13
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G-F-C
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Bill
Champion %
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So.
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6'2
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180
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Wichita, KS |
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26
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F
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Dave
Dennis
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Jr.
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6'1
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145
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Independence, KS (Transfer from
Independence Juco) |
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13
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F-G
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Dale
Engel
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So.
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6'2
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178
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Salina, KS |
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10
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G-C
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George
Gear * %
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So.
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5'10
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165
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Hutchison, KS |
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15
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F
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Lem
Jones %
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6'3
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190
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Kansas City, MO (Juco Transfer) |
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21
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C
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Bob
Mackish %
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Jr.
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6'3
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200
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Kansas City, KS (Wyandotte HS); Juco Transfer |
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20
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F
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Gene
Petersen *
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Sr.
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6'7
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210
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Millard, NE
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18
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G
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Lyn
Smith
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So.
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6'1
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180
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Kansas City, KS (Shawnee-Mission HS)
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22
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F-G
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Don
Stickrod %
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So.
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6'2
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160
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Kansas City, MO |
* Varsity letter Cpt. = Captain
# = Walk-on % = Nonletterman
LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('48 stats):
PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
Kansas will floor an improved basketball five for the 1948-1949
season. Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen, the notable coaching wizard who
is beginning his thirty-second year at the head of Mt. Oread
hoop fortunes, will have back most of last season's brigade
minus its two top scorers.At first glance, this does not
smack of an improved picture. But most of the lads who
carried the load last year were mere sophomores or freshmen.
Big Seven foes scored a total only of 23 more points than the
youthful Jayhawkers despite clubbing the Kansans eight times out
of twelve.
Source: Basketball at Kansas, 1948-1949.
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SEASON SUMMARY:
“Dr. Phog Allen, Kansas Basketball coach, ‘ducked a
wild right haymaker’ tossed by Referee Eddie Davidson in a hubbub that arose
in the KU-Washington University basketball game at St. Louis Saturday night
after Sonny Enns, Jayhawk cager, ‘flicked the official on the nose with his
fingers.’ That was the KU coach’s version of the affair today of what a St.
Louis newspaper described as a ‘near riot.’ Kansas and Washington resumed
basketball after a 21-year lay-off with the Jayhawkers claiming a 46 to 41
victory.”
Allen told the Kansas City Star about the Jan. 15, 1949,
game, saying that the referee, Al Davidson, charged the Kansas bench after being
struck in the face by the basketball when a KU player tossed it to him after a
foul. “Apparently Referee
Davidson erroneously supposed the ball was thrown from our bench.
I stood up from the bench so that I could better understand his
statements. He was protesting, and
while he stood there doing so, Sonny Enns, who was standing next to me, flicked
Referee Davidson on the nose with his fingers.
Apparently Referee Davidson thought I was the guilty individual because
he unloosed a wild right haymaker in the direction of my head.’
Allen ducked the punch, and KU’s reserve players and the other official
helped restrain Davidson. Allen
said, I shifted to one side, allowing the blow to pas on.
I had my glasses on and did not care to receive the referee’s
retaliation on so vulnerable a spot.”
Source:
The Crimson & Blue handbook, pages 43-44.
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1949 FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team
highs in bold):
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CATEGORY
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KU
|
OPP
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DIFF
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Petersen, Gene |
Houchin, Claude |
Waugh, Jerry |
England,
Harold |
Martin,
Maurice |
Sapp,
Bill |
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Games Played/Started
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24 |
24 |
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24/ |
24/ |
24/ |
12/ |
24/ |
24/ |
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Points
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1185 |
1107 |
78 |
279 |
248 |
173 |
110 |
106 |
91 |
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Per Game
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49.4 |
46.1 |
3.3 |
11.6 |
10.3 |
7.2 |
9.2 |
4.4 |
3.8 |
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FG -Attempts
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Made
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437 |
432 |
5 |
106 |
101 |
66 |
42 |
32 |
31 |
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Percent
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FT-Attempts
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552 |
420 |
132 |
120 |
75 |
73 |
46 |
67 |
63 |
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Made
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331 |
243 |
88 |
67 |
46 |
41 |
26 |
42 |
29 |
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Percent
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56.3 |
57.9 |
-1.3 |
55.8 |
61.3 |
56.2 |
56.5 |
62.7 |
46.0 |
Statistics, Cont'd
Statistics, Cont'd
Data compiled from box scores
Source: KU Basketball Media Guide
GAME-BY-GAME
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Rockhurst
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W
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67-20
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Dec. 4
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at Kansas City, Mo.
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Trinity
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W
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63-44
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Dec. 8
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at Lawrence
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Purdue
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L
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46-47
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Dec. 13
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at Lafayette, Ind.
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Drake
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L
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44-60
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Dec. 18
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at Des Moines, Iowa
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Centenary
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W
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49-41
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Dec. 23
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at Lawrence
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Missouri
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W
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62-50
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Dec. 28
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at Kansas City, Mo.
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Kansas State
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W
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60-46
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Dec. 29
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at Kansas City, Mo.
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Oklahoma
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L
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49-52
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Dec. 30
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at Kansas City, Mo.
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Oklahoma
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L
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36-38
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Jan. 4
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at Norman, Okla.
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Nebraska
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L
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34-52
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Jan. 8
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at Lincoln, Neb.
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Missouri
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W
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42-35
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Jan. 11
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at Lawrence
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Washington (Mo.)
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W
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46-41
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Jan. 15
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at St. Louis, Mo.
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Colorado
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L
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30-42
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Jan. 17
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at Lawrence
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Drake
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W
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62-37
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Jan. 19
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at Lawrence
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Creighton
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W
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79-50
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Jan. 29
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at Lawrence
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Iowa State
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W
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62-57
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Feb. 5
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at Ames, Iowa
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Kansas State
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L
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48-53
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Feb. 9
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at Lawrence
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Nebraska
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L
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39-49
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Feb. 12
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at Lawrence
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Missouri
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W
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55-37
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Feb. 15
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at Columbia, Mo.
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Washington (Mo.)
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W
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43-39
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Feb. 19
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at Lawrence
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Kansas State
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L
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36-63
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Feb. 24
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at Manhattan, Kan.
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Colorado
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L
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43-50
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Feb. 28
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at Boulder, Colo.
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Oklahoma
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L
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45-55
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Mar. 3
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at Lawrence
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Iowa State
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L
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45-49
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Mar. 8
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at Lawrence
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LINK
TO 1949 NATIONAL STATISTICS
Link to Big 7Conference for 1949
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