The 1948 United States men's Olympic basketball team competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, along with 22 other basketball teams. The basketball tournament was held in London, England at Wembley Stadium. Team USA won their second straight gold medal after 1936 (Summer Olympic Games were cancelled in 1940 and 1944, due to World War II). The team was made up of Amateur Athletic Union and college basketball players.

Olympic Trials The Olympic Trials were held at the end of March. The collegiate side of the Olympic Trials bracket included the NAIA and NCAA champions as well as the NCAA and NIT runners-up. NIT champion Saint Louis were held out of the trials by the school's faculty so NIT runner-up NYU were invited in their place.

Roster

Name "1948 USA Men's Olympic Games Roster ." usabasketball.com. Retrieved on April 18, 2014. Position Height Weight Age Home Town Team/School Cliff Barker Forward 6'2" 150 27 Yorktown, Indiana Kentucky Don Barksdale Center 6'6" 225 25 Berkeley, California Oakland Bittners (UCLA) Ralph Beard Guard 5'10" 176 20 Louisville, Kentucky Kentucky Lew Beck Guard 6'0" 165 26 Pendleton, Oregon Phillips 66ers (Oregon State) Vince Boryla Guard 6'3" 190 21 East Chicago, Indiana Denver Nuggets (Denver) Gordon Carpenter Center/Forward 6'7" 220 21 Ash Flat, Arkansas Phillips 66ers (Arkansas) Alex Groza Center 6'7" 220 21 Martins Ferry, Ohio Kentucky Wallace Jones Center/Forward 6'4" 205 22 Harlan, Kentucky Kentucky Bob Kurland Center 7'0" 220 23 Jennings, Missouri Phillips 66ers (Oklahoma State) Ray Lumpp Guard 6'0" 170 25 East Williston, New York NYU R. C. Pitts Forward 6'5" 200 29 Oxford, Mississippi Phillips 66ers (Arkansas) Jesse Renick Guard 6'2" 185 30 Marietta, Oklahoma Phillips 66ers (Oklahoma State) Jackie Robinson Guard 6'0" 180 21 Fort Worth, Texas Baylor Kenny Rollins Guard 6'0" 170 24 Wickliffe, Kentucky Kentucky

USA match ups (8–0)

86 21 53 28 59 57 66 28 61 33 63 28 71 40 65 21

Final standings

(8–0) (5–2) (7–1) (5–2) (5–3) (4–4) (4–4) (3–5) (6–2) (4–4) (5–3) (4–4) (4–3) (2–5) (4–4) (3–5) (4–4) (5–3) (2–6) (0–7) (2–6) (0–7) (0–6)

Team USA Alex Groza led Team USA with an average of 11.1 points per game. Bud Browning was the head coach, Adolph Rupp was the assistant coach, and Louis Wilke was the manager.

See also Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics

References

External links USA Basketball, official site