1947–48 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 basketball 1947–48 Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown Hoyas logo.svg Independent 13–15 Elmer Ripley 9th Andy Kostecka D.C. Armory The 1947–48 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1947–48 NCAA college basketball season. Elmer Ripley coached it in his ninth season as head coach, the second season of his third stint at the helm. The team was an independent and for the first time played its home games at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C. Georgetown finished with a record of 13–15 and had no post season play. Season recap The 1946–47 team had won 19 games, and all five of its starters returned this year, including forward Andy Kostecka, a star of the 1942–43 team and – after World War II military service – of the 1946–47 team. Hopes were high that the 1947–48 squad would take the Hoyas back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1943, when Ripley had coached them to the national final in their only tournament appearance thus far. The team won its first six games, with Kostecka averaging 22 points per game during the first four, one of which was an overtime win over St. John's at Madison Square Garden in New York City - Georgetowns only win over the Redmen in 17 games played between 1931 and 1973. Kostecka suffered a leg injury in the fifth game, against Virginia Tech, and missed the sixth and seventh games of the season.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/a_kostecka.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 25. Andy Kostecka 2014-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20181005053119/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/a_kostecka.htm 2018-10-05 dead After a 6–1 start, the Hoyas embarked on a road trip on December 24, 1947, that took them to six games spread across Louisiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. The trip was controversial because of its length, the tight schedule of games – including four games in five nights requiring 300 miles (483 km) of travel – and the requirement for the players to be on the road during Christmas, but Ripley believed that it would allow the Georgetown program to gain national recognition by playing Louisville, Notre Dame, and Saint Louis. The trip, which lasted through January 5, 1948, wore the players down; Kostecka, for example, had averaged 17 points per game before the trip but managed only half that during it, although his 11 points against Notre Dame in the last game of the trip made him Georgetowns top scorer in history. Georgetown lost all six games to fall to 6–7 on the season. Following the trip, the Washington Times-Herald newspaper reported dissension between Ripley and Kostecka over the trip; both denied it, but Kostecka was dismissed from the team after the article appeared. With top scorer Kostecka off the team, Georgetown struggled through its next 10 games in a tough national schedule, winning only three of them. Senior guard Dan Kraus, like Kostecka a star of the successful 1942–43 and 1946–47 teams, had been a defensive specialist during his career, but he stepped into the breach on offense, scoring 14 against New York University, 12 at Penn State, and 13 at Villanova.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/d_kraus.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 26. Dan Kraus 2014-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120214174410/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/d_kraus.htm 2012-02-14 dead Junior guard Tommy O'Keefe scored 50 points over one three-game stretch and in double figures nine times, including 14 against Penn State and 20 against George Washington, and ended the season as the Hoyas leading scorer.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/t_okeefe.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 46. Tom O'Keefe 2014-01-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031611/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/t_okeefe.htm 2015-09-24 dead Falling to 9–14 with five games to play, Georgetown managed to win four of the remaining games to finish with a record of 13–15. The teams disappointing final record meant no post-season play. The unremarkable 1947–48 season heralded the beginning of a mostly undistinguished quarter-century of men's basketball at Georgetown. Although the team would appear in the National Invitation Tournament in 1953 and 1970, between the 1947–48 season and the end of the 1971–72 season, Georgetown would have an overall record under .500, and its total of 296 wins during those 25 seasons would be the lowest among the 32 Catholic universities playing Division I college basketball in the United States.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist14.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: A Glimpse Into the Future 2014-01-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20131217035644/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist14.htm 2013-12-17 dead It would have no NCAA tournament appearances during these seasons; in fact, after appearing in the NCAA tournament in 1943, it would not make the tournament again until 1975. Roster Sourceshttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-40s.htm#1948 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1940-41 to 1949-1950 2014-01-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20140102212530/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-40s.htm#1948 2014-01-02 dead The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Player Directory: Jersey Numbershttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/r_corley.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 73. Ray Corley 2014-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120502005630/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/r_corley.htm 2012-05-02 dead Junior guard Tommy O'Keefe would later serve as Georgetowns assistant coach for four seasons from 1956 to 1960 and as head coach for six seasons from 1960 to 1966.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/t_okeefe.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Tom O'Keefe 2014-01-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031611/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/t_okeefe.htm 2015-09-24 dead #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)4Andy Kostecka6'3"200FSr.Bloomfield, NJ, U.S.Saint Benedict's Preparatory School8Dan Kraus6'0"175GSr.New York, NY, U.S.DeWitt Clinton HS9Italo Ablondi6'0"N/AGSo.New York, NY, U.S.Stuyvesant HS13Dick Falvey6'0"N/AGSo.New York, NY, U.S.La Salle Academy15Ken "Bud" Brown6'4"N/ACSr.Muncie, IN, U.S.Burris Laboratory School16Tommy O'Keefe6'0"180GJr.Jersey City, NJ, U.S.University of Notre Dame17Ray Corley6'2"180FJr.New York, NY, U.S.La Salle Academy;University of Notre Dame24Eddie Brembs6'4"N/AFSr.New York, NY, U.S.N/A26Vin Leddy5'11"N/AGJr.New York, NY, U.S.Saint Francis High School35Johnny Brown6'3"N/AC/FSo.Staten Island, NY, U.S.Tottenville, NY36Frank Alagia6'1"N/AFSo.New York, NY, U.S.33N/AJoe CulhaneN/AN/AGJr.Rochester, NY, U.S.University of Rochester 1947–48 schedule and results SourcesThe Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1940s SeasonsJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents 2014-01-03 2013-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131103211101/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm dead sports-reference.com 1947-48 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 60. It was common practice at this time for colleges and universities to include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules, with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season, and the game played against a United States Marine Corps team from Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, on December 16, 1947, therefore counted as part of Georgetowns won-loss record for 1947–48. It was not until 1952 after the completion of the 1951–52 season that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/opponents-nc.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Non-Collegiate Opponents 2014-01-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20170212123107/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/opponents-nc.htm 2017-02-12 dead no no no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;"| Regular Season Tue., Dec. 7, 1947 no w no Denver D.C. Armory Washington, DC no 64–60 OT 1-0 Thu., Dec. 11, 1947 no w no Loyola Chicago D.C. Armory Washington, DC no 54–45 2-0 Sat., Dec. 13, 1947 no w yes no St. John's Madison Square Garden New York, NY no 61–58 OT 3-0 Tue., Dec. 16, 1947 no w yes no Quantico Marines Brookland Gymnasium Washington, DC no 61–56 4-0 Fri., Dec. 19, 1947 no w yes no Virginia Tech Brookland Gymnasium Washington, DC no 66–51 5-0 Sat., Dec. 20, 1947 no w yes no Richmond Richmond Arena Richmond, VA no 64–54 6-0 Tue., Dec. 23, 1947 no l no Santa Clara D.C. Armory Washington, DC no 39–45 6-1 Wed., Dec. 24, 1947 no l yes no Loyola New Orleans Loyola Gymnasium New Orleans, LA no 53–65 6-2 Tue., Dec. 30, 1947 no l yes no Saint Louis Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, MO no 58–63 6-3 Thu., Jan. 1, 1948 no l yes no Louisville N/A Louisville, KY no 52–69 6-4 Fri., Jan. 2, 1948 no l yes no Western Kentucky Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY no 37–58 6-5 Sun., Jan. 4, 1948 no l yes no Loyola Chicago Alumni Gymnasium Chicago, IL no 41–53 6-6 Mon., Jan. 5, 1948 no l yes no Notre Dame Notre Dame Fieldhouse Notre Dame, IN no 69–77 6-7 Wed., Jan. 7, 1948 no w no Maryland D.C. Armory Washington, DC no 52–40 7-7 Sat., Jan. 10, 1948 no l yes no Canisius Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY no 39–40 7-8 Mon., Jan. 12, 1948 no w yes no George Washington D.C. Armory Washington, DC no 51–43 8-8 Sat., Jan. 17, 1948 no l no La Salle D.C. Armory Washington, DC no 35–48 8-9 Sat., Jan. 24, 1948 no w no Texas Wesleyan D.C. Armory Washington, DC no 48–37 9-9 Tue., Feb. 3, 1948 no l yes no Holy Cross Boston Garden Boston, MA no 51–75 9-10 Sun., Feb. 8, 1948 no l no North Carolina State Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC no 46–87 9-11 Wed., Feb. 11, 1948 no l no Penn State D.C. Armory Washington, DC no 40–42 9-12 Sat., Feb. 14, 1948 no l no New York University D.C. Armory Washington, DC no 58–74 9-13 Tue., Feb. 17, 1948 no l no Fordham D.C. Armory Washington, DC no 50–51 9-14 Sat., Feb. 21, 1948 no w no George Washington D.C. Armory Washington, DC no 41–38 10-14 Wed., Feb. 25, 1948 no w no Villanova D.C. Armory Washington, DC no 64–46 11-14 Wed., Mar. 3, 1948 no w yes no Penn State Recreation Hall State College, PA no 49–43 12-14 Thu., Mar. 4, 1948 no l yes no Villanova Villanova Field House Villanova, PA no 56–71 12-15 Sun., Mar. 7, 1948 no w yes no Boston College 69th Regiment Armory New York, NY no 65–46 13-15 no no References Category:Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball seasons Georgetown Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team