In 1949–50, Nebraska again won 16 games and shared the Big Seven crown with Kansas and Kansas State–to date, the last time NU has won a regular season conference championship. Claude Retherford and Bus Whitehead each were named all-conference performers in 1949, and the latter earned the honor again the next year. The 6–10 Whitehead averaged a then-school-record 15.7 points per game in 1950, and was the first Cornhusker selected to play in the East-West All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden. When he graduated, Whitehead held nine school scoring records.