1947–48 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1947–48 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1947–48 college men's basketball season.

1947–48 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference|Big Six Conference
Record	9–15 (4–8 Big 7)
Head coach	Phog Allen (31st season)
Captain	Otto Schnellbacher
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium

1947–48 Big Seven Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Kansas State	9	–	3		.750			22	–	6		.786
Oklahoma	7	–	5		.583			13	–	9		.591
Missouri	7	–	5		.583			14	–	10		.583
Iowa State	6	–	6		.500			15	–	8		.652
Nebraska	5	–	7		.417			11	–	13		.458
Kansas	4	–	8		.333			9	–	15		.375
Colorado	4	–	8		.333			7	–	14		.333

Roster

• Otto Schnellbacher
• Eugene Barr
• Gilbert Stramel
• Jack Eskridge
• John Dewell
• Myron Enns
• Guy Mabry
• Jerry Waugh
• Claude Houchin
• William Sapp
• Charles Penny
• Maurice Martin
• Harold England

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 13*		at Emporia State	L 44–67	0-1	William L. White Auditorium  Emporia, KS
December 18		vs. Colorado	W 49–39	1-1	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 19		vs. Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 42–56	1-2	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 20		vs. Nebraska	W 64–60	2-2	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 23*		Notre Dame	L 49–51	2-3	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
December 26		at San Francisco	W 57–43	3-3	Kezar Pavilion  San Francisco, CA
December 29*		at Oregon	L 61–66	3-4	McArthur Court  Eugene, OR
December 30*		at Oregon	L 53–61	3-5	McArthur Court  Eugene, OR
January 1		at Nevada	W 52–45	4-5	University Gymnasium  Reno, NV
January 6		Oklahoma	W 39–38	5-5 (1-0)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
January 10		Colorado	W 57–44	6-5 (2-0)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
January 14		Drake	W 72–42	7-5	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
January 17		at Missouri Border War	W 58–46	8-5 (3-0)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
January 21*		Oklahoma A&M	L 35–47	8-6	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 7		Nebraska	L 57–61	8-7 (3-1)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 9		Missouri Border War	L 39–42	8-8 (3-2)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 13		at Iowa State	L 50–52	8-9 (3-3)	The Armory  Ames, IA
February 18		at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 29–48	8-10 (3-4)	Nichols Hall  Manhattan, KS
February 21		at Oklahoma	L 46–50	8-11 (3-5)	Field House  Norman, OK
March 1		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 60–61	8-12 (3-6)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
March 4*		at Oklahoma A&M	L 25–37	8-13	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
March 6		at Nebraska	L 65–70	8-14 (3-7)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
March 8		at Colorado	L 60–77	8-15 (3-8)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
March 12		Iowa State	W 61–54	9-15 (4-8)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.