1939–40 Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball Team
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The 1939–40 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the
University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...
during the 1939–40 college men's basketball season. They were coached by
Phog Allen Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen (November 18, 1885 – September 16, 1974) was an American basketball coach. Known as the "Father of Basketball Coaching,"NCAA tournament, which was played for the first time the previous season, for the first time in school history. They would lose to
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in the national championship game.


Roster

*Robert Allen *Donald Ebling *
Howard Engleman Howard George "Rope" Engleman (November 20, 1919 – January 12, 2011) was an American college basketball standout at the University of Kansas from 1939 to 1941. He was  tall, weighed 170 pounds (82 kg). and played the forward pos ...
* Richard Harp *William Hogben *Thomas Hunter *Bob Johnson *John Kline *
Ralph Miller Ralph H. Miller (March 9, 1919 – May 15, 2001) was an American college basketball coach, a head coach for 38 years at three universities: Wichita (now known as Wichita State), Iowa, and Oregon State. With an overall record of , his teams had ...
*Charles Nees *Jack Sands *Bruce Voran 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide
Retrieved 2015-May-22.


Schedule

2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.


References

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Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons
Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball seasons
Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...