# 1908–09 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1908–09 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in its eleventh season of collegiate basketball, and its second in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, or MVIAA. The team would go on to win its second MVIAA Conference Championship. They finished the season 25–3. The head coach was Phog Allen, serving in his second and final year of his first tenure. Thomas Johnson was retroactively named an All-American by the Helms Foundation, making him the first Jayhawk to earn the honor.

## Roster

* Ralph Bergen
* Robert Heizer
* Thomas Johnson
* Verne Long
* Donald Martindell
* George McCune
* Carl Rouse
* Earl Woodward

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Dec. 10, 1908* | at Baker | W 21–17 | 1–0 | Baldwin City, Kansas |
| Dec. 12, 1908* | Baker | W 44–16 | 2–0 | Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas |
| Dec. 14, 1908* | at Emporia State | W 36–24 | 3–0 | Emporia, Kansas |
| Dec. 15, 1908* | at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown | W 42–27 | 4–0 | Nichols Hall Manhattan, Kansas |
| Dec. 16, 1908* | at Kansas Wesleyan | W 35–18 | 5–0 | Salina, Kansas |
| Dec. 17, 1908* | at Bethany | W 36–24 | 6–0 | Lindsborg, Kansas |
| Dec. 18, 1908* | at Fairmont | W 65–15 | 7–0 | Wichita, Kansas |
| Dec. 19, 1908* | at Winfield YMCA | W 47–34 | 8–0 | Winfield, Kansas |
| Dec. 21, 1908* | at Chilocco | W 39-9 | 9–0 | Chilocco, Oklahoma |
| Jan. 8, 1909* | Nebraska | W 48-13 | 10–0 | Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas |
| Jan. 9, 1909* | Nebraska | W 36-17 | 11–0 | Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas |
| Jan. 11, 1909 | Iowa State | W 65–22 | 12–0 | Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas |
| Jan. 16, 1909* | William Jewell | W 63–12 | 13–0 | Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas |
| Jan. 22, 1909* | Ottawa | W 61–22 | 14–0 | Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas |
| Jan. 23, 1909* | Washburn | W 36–10 | 15–0 | Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas |
| Jan. 30, 1909* | at Nebraska | W 18–13 | 16–0 | Grant Memorial Hall Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Feb. 3, 1909 | Missouri Border War | W 24–14 | 17–0 | Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas |
| Feb. 4, 1909 | Missouri Border War | W 31–23 | 18–0 | Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas |
| Feb. 9, 1909* | Warrensburg | W 37–14 | 19–0 | Warrensburg, Missouri |
| Feb. 10, 1909 | at Washington (Mo.) | L 26–28 | 19–1 | Francis Gymnasium St. Louis, Missouri |
| Feb. 11, 1909 | at Washington (Mo.) | W 23–18 | 20–1 | Francis Gymnasium St. Louis, Missouri |
| Feb. 12, 1909 | at Missouri Border War | W 25–19 | 21–1 | Rothwell Gymnasium Columbia, Missouri |
| Feb. 13, 1909 | at Missouri Border War | L 21–38 | 21–2 | Rothwell Gymnasium Columbia, Missouri |
| Feb. 20, 1909 | Washington (Mo.) | W 33–28 | 22–2 | Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas |
| Feb. 22, 1909 | Washington (Mo.) | W 27–25 | 23–2 | Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, Kansas |
| Mar. 4, 1909* | vs. Nebraska | W 28–22 | 24–2 | Convention Hall Kansas City, Missouri |
| Mar. 5, 1909* | vs. Nebraska | W 24–15 | 25–2 | Convention Hall Kansas City, Missouri |
| Mar. 6, 1909* | vs. Nebraska | L 29–32 | 25–3 | Convention Hall Kansas City, Missouri |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time. |||||