1947–48 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1947–48 season of University of Kentucky men's basketball team March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1947–48 Kentucky Wildcats 1948_Kentucky_Wildcats.jpg 300px Southeast Conference SEC 36–3 9–0 Adolph Rupp Harry Lancaster Alumni Gymnasium NCAA tournament National champions SEC regular season and tournament champions National Championship Game W Won 58–42 vs. Baylor The 1947–48 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, also known as the Fabulous Five, represented University of Kentucky. The head coach was Adolph Rupp. The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Alumni Gymnasium. They won 36 of 39 games in their conference, earning them the 1948 NCAA basketball tournament championship. NCAA tournament East Kentucky 76, Columbia 53 Final Four Kentucky 60, Holy Cross 52 Championship Kentucky 58, Baylor 42 http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1948 RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More Team players drafted into the NBA Player NBA club Joe Holland Baltimore Bullets Ken Rollins Fort Wayne Pistons Jack Parkinson Washington Capitols http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1948&lg=N 1948 NBA Draft on Databasebasketball.com 2012-04-07 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20120503192341/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1948&lg=N 2012-05-03 Fabulous Five Though the Fabulous Five referred to the whole team during the 1947–1948 season, five players stood out in particular: Ralph Beard (guard), Alex Groza (center), Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones (forward), Cliff Barker (forward), and Kenny Rollins (guard).https://www.wildcatworld.com/kentucky-basketball-history/the-teams-of-tradition/the-fabulous-five/ The Fabulous Five n.d. Walter's Wildcat World 2022-02-25https://www.aseaofblue.com/2021/8/5/22610301/big-blue-blues-dividing-the-talent Big Blue Blues: Dividing the Talent Mink Ken 2021-08-05 SB Nation 2022-02-25 Following the successful 1947–1948 season at UK, all five competed as a unit and won gold at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.https://www.harlanenterprise.net/2022/02/09/harlan-highs-gymnasium-pays-tribute-to-schools-most-decorated-athlete/ Harlan High's Gymnasium Pays Tribute to School's Most Decorated Athlete Layton Miles 2022-02-09 Harlan Enterprise 2022-02-25https://www.nkytribune.com/2021/06/two-former-kentucky-basketball-players-named-to-the-u-s-olympic-team/ Two former Kentucky basketball players named to the U.S. Olympic Team Taylor Keith 2021-06-29 NKY Tribune 2022-02-25 Rollins graduated but the other four returned for the 1948–1949 season, which they dominated. Coach Rupp then retired the jerseys of Barker, Beard, Groza, Jones, and Rollins.https://ukathletics.com/sports/2015/9/29/_131461809639196769.aspx Men's Basketball Retired Jerseys n.d. UK Athletics 2022-02-25 References Kentucky Wildcats Category:Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball seasons Kentucky Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Category:1947 in sports in Kentucky Category:1948 in sports in Kentucky