1909-10
OVERALL |
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CONF. TOURNEY |
POST-SEASON |
18-1 |
9-0 |
9-1 |
0-0 |
13-1 |
1st |
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ROSTER:
* Varsity letter Cpt. = Captain
# = Walk-on % = Nonletterman
LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('09 stats):
PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
“When the training season opened, nearly all the men had
played on the championship team of ’09 and were thoroughly acquainted with the
finer points of the game at the outset”.
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SEASON SUMMARY:
Allen's Successor Saw KU-MU Rivalry Flame UpPrior to the 1909-10 season, the reigns of Kansas
basketball were passed on to William O. Hamilton, who coached 10 successful
seasons before turning the job back over to Phog Allen.
Hamilton, the third coach in Kansas history, amassed a
125-59 record with five conference titles. He coached three All-Americans,
including KUs first All-American in any sport, Tommy Johnson (1909).
Hamilton's first year was his best, compiling a 18-1
record en route to KU's third consecutive Missouri Valley crown. It was during
Hamilton's tenure that a rivalry with Missouri heated up.
After breezing to an 8-0 record, Kansas hosted Missouri
for a pair of memorable games. The tone of the series was set early in the
opening half of the first game after KU's Johnson was tackled by MU's Theodore
Hackney. The rough play continued throughout both games and by both teams.
Dr. James Naismith attended the second game only to
witness the continued rough brand of basketball. "Oh my gracious! They are
murdering my game!" Naismith reportedly said.
Kansas won both games from the Tigers even though the
games were described as "a cross between a basketball game and a wrestling
match with a generous sprinkling of football thrown in."
Kansas finished the season with six consecutive
victories to earn an 18-1 record, securing the conference title along the way.
Source: A
Century of Kansas Basketball
“Phog Allen left the University of Kansas a second time
in 1909, unsure that there was a future in coaching so new a game as basketball,
but confident that any kind of career in athletics would be greatly enhanced if
he knew how to treat injuries. So
he enrolled in the Central School of Osteopathy in Kansas City.”
Coach Hamilton inherited a team captained by
junior Tommy Johnson, who won All-America accolades as a sophomore.
Other standouts brom the 1909 Missouri Valley Conference champions
included Earl Woodward, Vern “Shorty” Long, Robert Heizer, and Donald
Martindell. Source:
Hamilton's first year was his
best, compiling a 18-1 record en route to KU's third consecutive Missouri Valley
crown. It was during Hamilton's tenure that a rivalry with Missouri heated up.
After breezing to an 8-0 record, Kansas hosted Missouri for a pair of
memorable games. The tone of the series was set early in the opening half of the
first game after KU's Johnson was tackled by MU's Theodore Hackney. The rough
play continued throughout both games and by both teams.
Dr. James Naismith attended the second game only to witness the continued
rough brand of basketball. "Oh my gracious! They are murdering my
game!" Naismith reportedly said. Kansas
won both games from the Tigers even though the games were described as "a
cross between a basketball game and a wrestling match with a generous sprinkling
of football thrown in." Kansas
finished the season with six consecutive victories to earn an 18-1 record,
securing the conference title along the way.
Source: A Century of
Kansas Basketball.
During Hamilton’s first season,
the Jayhawks won the school’s third Missouri Valley basketball championship.
Led by team captain Tommy Johnson, KU lost only once.
And that was in dispute. “Technically
the game belonged to Kansas,” the 1910 yearbook declared. The Jayhawks lost to Washington University 16-15 on February
20, 1910, in St. Louis. The
Kansas blamed the loss on poor officiating:
“In the second half the Kansans were busy and up to the last three
minutes of plays held a two point lead. The
referee who had up to this time been entirely unconscious of fouls, suddenly
had a reversal of form and called four in succession on the Kansas men.
Johnson threw a basket, and while the ball was in the air, the final whistle
blew. The referee, with entire
disregard for the rules which allows such goals to count, threw out the
resulting two points, and Kansas lost.”
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1910 FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team
highs in bold):
CATEGORY
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KU
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OPP
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DIFF
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Johnson,
Tommy |
Woodward, Earl |
VanderVries, Ed |
Martindell, Donald |
Long, Shorty |
Heizer, Bob |
Games Played/Started
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Points
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169 |
98 |
76 |
40 |
37 |
30 |
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Statistics, Cont'd
CATEGORY |
Larson, Harold |
Smith, Jim |
Watson, Ray |
Long,
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Games Played/ Started |
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Points |
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Source: KU Basketball Media Guide
GAME-BY-GAME
Nebraska |
W |
33-17 |
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Jan. 7 |
at Lawrence |
Nebraska |
W |
40-16 |
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Jan. 8 |
at Lawrence |
Washington (Mo.) |
W |
46-7 |
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Jan. 15 |
at Lawrence |
Washington (Mo.) |
W |
34-13 |
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Jan. 17 |
at Lawrence |
Baker |
W |
37-24 |
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Jan. 21 |
at Lawrence |
Baker |
W |
27-21 |
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Jan. 22 |
at Baldwin, Kan. |
Kansas State |
W |
44-19 |
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Jan. 27 |
at Lawrence |
Bethany |
W |
47-22 |
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Jan. 28 |
at Lawrence |
Missouri |
W |
29-15 |
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Feb. 11 |
at Lawrence |
Missouri |
W |
27-14 |
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Feb. 12 |
at Lawrence |
Kansas City AC |
W |
34-31 |
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Feb. 18 |
at Kansas City, Mo. |
Washington (Mo.) |
W |
19-16 |
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Feb. 19 |
at St. Louis, Mo. |
Washington (Mo.) |
L |
15-16 |
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Feb. 20 |
at St. Louis, Mo. |
Missouri |
W |
25-21 |
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Feb. 22 |
at Columbia, Mo. |
Missouri |
W |
58-22 |
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Feb. 23 |
at Columbia, Mo. |
Drake |
W |
62-33 |
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Feb. 24 |
at Des Moines, Iowa |
Iowa State |
W |
34-18 |
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Feb. 25 |
at Ames, Iowa |
Nebraska |
W |
40-20 |
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Feb. 26 |
at Lincoln, Neb. |
Nebraska |
W |
40-13 |
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Feb. 27 |
at Lincoln, Neb. |
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