1921–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1921–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1921–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
MVIAA Co-Champions; Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	16–2 (15–1 MVIAA)
Head coach	Phog Allen (5th season);
Assistant coach	John Bunn (1st season)
Captain	George Rody
Home arena	Robinson Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1920–21 1922–23 →

1921–22 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Missouri	15	–	1	.938	16	–	1	.941
Kansas	15	–	1	.938	16	–	2	.889
Drake	12	–	4	.750	14	–	4	.778
Iowa State	8	–	8	.500	10	–	8	.556
Oklahoma	8	–	8	.500	9	–	9	.500
Nebraska	8	–	8	.500	8	–	9	.471
Kansas State	3	–	13	.188	3	–	14	.176
Grinnell	2	–	14	.125	5	–	14	.263
Washington University	1	–	15	.063	1	–	18	.053

The 1921–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Phog Allen, coaching in his fifth overall season with the Jayhawks. The team finished the season with a 16–2 record^[1] and was retroactively named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[2] This was Kansas' first of two consecutive Helms national championships.^[2]

Team captain and senior forward George E. Rody led the team and the Missouri Valley Conference in scoring with a 14.7 average.^[3] Rody was awarded the “first team captaincy” of the All Conference team, the forerunner of the Conference “Most Valuable Player” award.^[3] Junior Paul Endacott was also named first team All Conference and was retroactively declared a consensus All-American by the Helms Foundation. The team also included standout sophomore Charlie T. Black and reserve junior Adolph Rupp, who later went on to a Hall of Fame coaching career at Kentucky.

Roster[edit]

Waldo Bowman
Paul Endacott
Armin F. Woestemeyer
Byron Frederick
Andrew McDonald
George Rody
Adolph Rupp
Charlie T. Black
John Wulf

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Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
1/2/1922*	at Minnesota	W 32–11	1–0	UM Armory Minneapolis, MN
1/6/1922	Grinnell	W 38–16	2–0 (1–0)	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, KS
1/10/1922	Drake	W 28–23	3–0 (2–0)	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, KS
1/16/1922	Washington University	W 44–17	4–0 (3–0)	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, KS
1/19/1922	at Nebraska	W 25–15	5–0 (4–0)	State Fairgrounds Coliseum Lincoln, NE
1/24/1922	Missouri Border War	L 25–35	5–1 (4–1)	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, KS
1/30/1922*	at Kansas City Athletic Club	L 32–34	5–2	Club House Kansas City, MO
2/1/1922	at Oklahoma	W 26–18	6–2 (5–1)	Norman, OK
2/6/1922	Iowa State	W 32–21	7–2 (6–1)	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, KS
2/8/1922	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 32–23	8–2 (7–1)	Nichols Hall Manhattan, KS
2/11/1922	Oklahoma	W 42–28	9–2 (8–1)	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, KS
2/14/1922	at Iowa State	W 24–18	10–2 (9–1)	State Gymnasium Ames, IA
2/15/1922	at Grinnell	W 21–14	11–2 (10–1)	Grinnell, IA
2/16/1922	at Drake	W 28–13	12–2 (11–1)	Des Moines Coliseum Des Moines, IA
2/21/1922	at Missouri Border War	W 26–16	13–2 (12–1)	Rothwell Gymnasium Columbia, MO
2/22/1922	at Washington University	W 41–26	14–2 (13–1)	Francis Gymnasium St. Louis, MO
2/28/1922	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 44–26	15–2 (14–1)	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, KS
3/6/1922	Nebraska	W 41–18	16–2 (15–1)	Robinson Gymnasium Lawrence, KA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Kansas Jayhawks season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Spalding’s Official Basketball Guide for 1922-23, pp. 74–75
^ 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.
^ "2012–13 Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball Media Guide". Yearly Results (p. 187). University of Kansas. 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2014.

[SR-1] "Kansas Jayhawks season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.

[HELMS-2] "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 22, 2014.

[ReferenceA-3] Spalding’s Official Basketball Guide for 1922-23, pp. 74–75

[KU_Media_Guide-4] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[MGUIDE-5] "2012–13 Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball Media Guide". Yearly Results (p. 187). University of Kansas. 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2014.

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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 (results) 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