Sport: | Basketball |
Year: | 1914-15 |
Team: | Kansas Jayhawks |
Conference: | MVIAA |
Short Conf: | MVIAA |
Record: | 16–1 |
Conf Record: | 13–1 |
Hc Year: | 6th |
Captain: | Ray Dunmire |
Champion: | MVIAA Champions |
The 1914–15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1914–15 college men's basketball season, their 16 season. The Jayhawks, members of the MVIAA, who coached by sixth-year coach W.O. Hamilton. The Jayhawks finished the season 16–1 and won the MVIAA Championship, their 7th conference championship. On January 13, 1915, the Jayhawks defeated Warrensburg (now known as Central Missouri) who were coached by former Jayhawk basketball player and future long-time Kansas head coach Phog Allen, in what was the second of two games Allen coached against his alma mater. Ralph Sproull was retroactively named an All-American by the Helms Foundation, making him the second Jayhawk to earn the honor.