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1947–48 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1947–48 season of University of Kentucky men's basketball team

Field	Value
mode	Basketball
year	1947–48
team	Kentucky Wildcats
image	1948_Kentucky_Wildcats.jpg
image_size	300px
conference	Southeast Conference
short_conf	SEC
record	36–3
conf_record	9–0
head_coach	Adolph Rupp
asst_coach1	Harry Lancaster
stadium	Alumni Gymnasium
champion	[NCAA tournament](1948-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament) National champions
SEC regular season and tournament champions
bowl	[National Championship Game](1948-ncaa-basketball-championship-game)
bowl_result
W 58–42 vs. [Baylor](1947-48-baylor-bears-basketball-team)

SEC regular season and tournament champions W 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

Team players drafted into the NBA

Player	NBA club
Joe Holland	Baltimore Bullets
Ken Rollins	Fort Wayne Pistons
Jack Parkinson	Washington Capitols

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). Following the successful 1947–1948 season at UK, all five competed as a unit and won gold at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. 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.

References

"RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
"1948 NBA Draft on". Databasebasketball.com.
(n.d.). "The Fabulous Five". Walter's Wildcat World.
Mink, Ken. (2021-08-05). "Big Blue Blues: Dividing the Talent". SB Nation.
Layton, Miles. (2022-02-09). "Harlan High's Gymnasium Pays Tribute to School's Most Decorated Athlete". Harlan Enterprise.
Taylor, Keith. (2021-06-29). "Two former Kentucky basketball players named to the U.S. Olympic Team". NKY Tribune.
(n.d.). "Men's Basketball Retired Jerseys". UK Athletics.

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