1949-50
OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL CONFERENCE PLACE CONF. TOURNEY POST-SEASON
 14-11 8-0 5-8 1-3 8-4 1st - Tie   0-1 NCAA

ROSTER:

NO. POS. NAME CLASS HGT. WGT. Hometown (Previous School)
    RETURNEES:        
3 F-G Buddy Bull * Jr. 6'1 170

Columbus, KS
13 G-C Dale Engel * Jr. 6'1 178Salina, KS
25 F-G Harold England *** Sr.6'2 170Halstead, KS
7 G-F Claude Houchin *** Cpt. Sr. 6'5 185Muncie, KS
12 F-G Aubrey Linville % So. 6'2 180Salina, KS
5 F-G-C Guy Mabry ** Sr. 6'0 160

Rock Island, IL
19 F-G Maurice Martin *** % Sr. 6'4 170

Topeka, KS  (Topeka HS)
20 C-F Gene Petersen ** Sr. 6'7 210Millard, NE
18 G-F Lyn Smith * So. 6'1 180

Kansas City, KS (Shawnee-Mission HS)
6 G Jerry Waugh ** Jr. 6'0 155Wellington, KS
    NEW FACES:        
14 F Charles Bates %   6'5 195 Kansas City, MO
13 G Jerry Bogue % Fr. 6'2 175 Wichita, KS
34 C-F Jack Carby %   6'7 229

Kansas City, MO  (Westport High)
33 G Jay Drake %   5'10 166 Lawrence, KS
17 F-G Bill Hougland So. 6'4 Beloit, KS (Beloit HS)
9 F-G Bob Kenney So. 6'2 185Winfield, KS (Winfield HS)
11 F-G Bill Lienhard So. 6'5 180Newton, KS (Newton HS)
16 C Clyde Lovellette So. 6'9 230 Terre Haute, IN (Garfied HS)
26 F Harold Lowe So. 6'2 175Topeka, KS
8 G Harold Reade %   6'1 180 Merriam, KS
24 F-G Bill Schaake % So. 6'2 197 Lawrence, KS 
15 G-F Dean Wells % So. 6'0 167

Great Bend, KS (Great Bend HS)

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

HEAD COACH

Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, 33rd year

 Dick Harp, Assistant

LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('49 stats):

PLAYER LOSSES Class Hgt. POS. G/GS PTS PPG RBS RPG PPts STATUS
Bill Sapp Sr. 6'1 G 24- 91 3.8       Graduated
Sonny Enns Jr. 6'0 G 14- 53 3.8       Redshirt
David Dennis Jr. 6'1 F 12- 18 1.5        
Charles Penny Sr. 6'1 F/G 12- 9 0.8        
Lem Jones 6'3 F/C 7- 3 0.4        
Bill Champion So. 6'1 F/G 2- 2 1.0        
George Gear So. 5'10 G/C 4- 0 0.0        
Bob Mackish Jr. 6'3 F/C 1- 0 0.0        
Don Stickrod So. 6'2 G/F 2- 0 0.0        
Alvin Ward Sr. 5'1 G 1- 0 0.0        
TOTALS         176 7.3        

 

PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
 

 

 

 

 

SEASON SUMMARY:
 

 

1950  FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team highs in bold):

CATEGORY

KU

OPP

DIFF

 Lovellette, Clyde Houchin, Claude Waugh, Jerry Lienhard, Bill Hougland, Bill Kenney, Bob

Games Played/Started

 25 25   25/ 25/ 25/ 21/ 23/ 25/

Points

 1446 1292   545 196 148 121 119 81

    Per Game

 57.8 51.7   21.8 7.8 6.0 5.8 5.2 3.2

Rebounds

       192          

    Per Game

       7.7          

FG -Attempts

       499          

       Made

 552 461   214 68 60 51 45 30

       Percent

       42.9          

FT-Attempts

 515 571   181 77 46 27 46 30

     Made

 342 370   117 60 28 19 29 21

     Percent

 66.4 64.8   64.6 77.9 60.9 70.4 63.0 70.0

Production Points/Game

                  
Production Points/Minute                  

Statistics, Cont'd

CATEGORY England, Harold Peterson, Gene Carby, Jack Wells, Dean Mabry, Guy Smith,
Lyn		 Linville, Aubrey Bull, Buddy
Games Played/ Started 23/ 17/ 10/ 10/ 11/ 13/ 7/ 11/
Points 71 42 24 23 13 13 12 12
   Per Game 3.1 2.5 2.4 2.3 1.2 1.0 1.7 1.1
Rebounds                
   Per Game                
FG - Attempts                
         Made 26 18 10 8 6 3 3 3
         Percent                
FT - Attempts 28 11 9 15 4 13 8 7
        Made 19 6 4 7 1 7 6 6
        Percent 67.9 54.5 44.4 46.7 25.0 53.8 75.0 85.7
Production Points/Game                
Production Points/Minute                

Statistics, Cont'd

CATEGORY Martin, Maurice Engel, Dale Schaake, Bill Drake, Jay Bogue, Jerry Bates, Charles Lowe, Harold Reade, Harold
Games Played/ Started 8/ 8/ 3/ 5/ 3/ 1/ 1/ 1/
Points 10 8 4 3 1 0 0 0
   Per Game 1.3 1.0 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rebounds                
   Per Game                
FG - Attempts                
         Made 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
         Percent                
FT - Attempts 8 5 0 1 1 0 0 0
        Made 4 6 0 1 1 0 0 0
        Percent 50.0 120.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Production Points/Game                
Production Points/Minute                

Data compiled from box scores. Note: Missing 1 game of  FTA data.

Source:   KU Basketball Media Guide

GAME-BY-GAME

Rockhurst W 55-34
Dec. 3 at Kansas City, Mo.
Creighton L 55-59
Dec. 5 at Omaha, Neb.
Purdue W 60-52
Dec. 10 at Lawrence
Cincinnati L 54-56
Dec. 15 at Cincinnati, Ohio
Duquesne L 54-64
Dec. 17 at McKeesport, Pa.
Holy Cross L 53-57
Dec. 20 at Boston, Mass.
Springfield (Mass.) W 53-43
Dec. 23 at Springfield, Mass.
Kansas State L 48-58
Dec. 27 at Kansas City, Mo.
Iowa State W 64-43
Dec. 28 at Kansas City, Mo.
Michigan L 47-49
Dec. 29 at Kansas City, Mo.
Oklahoma W 56-50
Jan. 6 at Lawrence
Nebraska L 56-57
Jan. 10 at Lincoln, Neb.
Missouri W 48-44
Jan. 14 at Columbia, Mo.
Iowa State W 67-42
Jan. 27 at Lawrence
Drake W 76-50
Jan. 30 at Lawrence
Colorado L 48-50 * Feb. 6 at Boulder, Colo.
Nebraska W 49-36
Feb. 11 at Lawrence
Kansas State L 50-55
Feb. 14 at Manhattan, Kan.
Missouri W 59-52
Feb. 17 at Lawrence
Drake W 67-50
Feb. 20 at Des Moines, Iowa
Colorado W 76-60
Feb. 25 at Lawrence
Iowa State W 66-52
Mar. 3 at Ames, Iowa
Kansas State W 79-68
Mar. 7 at Lawrence
Oklahoma L 49-52 * Mar. 11 at Norman, Okla.
Bradley L 57-59
Mar. 14 at Kansas City, Mo.
(Fifth District Playoff)

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