Sport: | basketball |
Year: | 1939-40 |
Team: | Kansas Jayhawks |
Conference: | Big Six Conference |
Short Conf: | Big 6 |
Record: | 19 - 6 |
Conf Record: | 8 - 2 |
Head Coach: | Phog Allen |
Hc Year: | 23rd |
Captain: | Donald Ebling |
Captain2: | Richard Harp |
Arena: | Hoch Auditorium |
Champion: | NCAA tournament, Runner-up Big Six co-champions |
Tourney: | National Championship Game |
Tourney Result: | L 42-60 vs. Indiana |
The 1939–40 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1939–40 college men's basketball season. They were coached by Phog Allen. The Jayhawks qualified for the NCAA tournament, which was played for the first time the previous season, for the first time in school history. They would lose to Indiana in the national championship game.