1906–07 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1906–07 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1906–07 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	7–8
Head coach	James Naismith (9th season);
Captain	Milton Miller (2nd year)
Home arena	Snow Hall
	Seasons ← 1905–06 1907–08 →

The 1906–07 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in its ninth season of collegiate basketball. The head coach was James Naismith, the inventor of the game, who served in his 9th year. Naismith would retire after the season. The Jayhawks finished the season 7–8. Phog Allen, who would later become the Jayhawks head coach, played on the team. The season marked the beginning of the Jayhawks two biggest rivalries, the Border War with Missouri and the Sunflower Showdown against Kansas State.

Roster

Ralph Bergen
Phog Allen
John Hackett
George McCune
Milton Miller
William Miller
Charles Siler
Paul Wohler
Earl Woodward

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Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Jan. 12, 1907*	Lawrence YMCA	W 43–37	1–0	Lawrence, Kansas
Jan. 25, 1907*	Kansas State	W 54–39	2–0	Lawrence, Kansas
Feb. 8, 1907*	Ottawa (KS)	W 37–35	3–0	Lawrence, Kansas
Feb. 9, 1907*	Nebraska	L 19–32	3–1	Lawrence, Kansas
Feb. 11, 1907*	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 25–29	3–2	Manhattan, Kansas
Feb. 12, 1907*	at Emporia State	W 35–20	4–2	Emporia, Kansas
Feb. 13, 1907*	at Newton YMCA	W 41–27	5–2	Newton, Kansas
Feb. 14, 1907*	at Baker	L 24–39	5–3	Baldwin, Kansas
Mar. 5, 1907*	at Warrensburg	W 34–16	6–3	Warrensburg, Missouri
Mar. 6, 1907*	at Kansas City AC	L 35–44	6–4	Kansas City, Missouri
Mar. 7, 1907*	at William Jewell	L 20–22	6–5	Liberty, Missouri
Mar. 8, 1907*	at Co. F, Independence	L 15–41	6–6	Independence, Missouri
Mar. 9, 1907*	Kirksville	W 65–21	7–6	Lawrence, Kansas
Mar. 11, 1907*	Missouri Border War	L 31–34	7–7	Lawrence, Kansas
Mar. 12, 1907*	Missouri Border War	L 12–34	7–8	Lawrence, Kansas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

Popular culture

The Jayhawks March 11 game against Missouri, the first in the rivalry, was featured in the opening scene of the 2014 film Jayhawkers, as well as a conversation between James Naismith and Phog Allen about coaching after the game.

References

^ 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.
^ cdieckmann. "Kansas Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 23, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2009.

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics