1948–49 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

1948–49 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball

Conference	Independent
1948–49 record	9–15
Head coach	Elmer Ripley (10th year)
Captain	Ray Corley (1st year)
Home arena	D.C. Armory

The 1948–49 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1948-49 NCAA Division I college basketball season. Elmer Ripley coached it in his tenth season as head coach, the third season of his third stint at the helm. The team was an independent and played its home games for a second and final season at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C. It finished with a record of 9-15 and had no post-season play.

Season recap

Senior guard Tommy O'Keefe and senior forward Ray Corley were the stars of the team. O'Keefe was the team's top scorer for a second straight season, with a season high of 22 points in the game against the New York Athletic Club.^[1]

The 1948-49 squad started 6-3, but then lost 12 of its last 15 games to finish with a record of 9-15 – the least successful team in Ripley‍ 's ten Georgetown seasons – and had no post-season play. It was not ranked in the Top 20 in the Associated Press Poll – conducted for the first time this season – at any time.^[2]

Considered a legend in basketball, Ripley departed at the end of the season, having coached the Hoyas in three separate stints (1927-1929, 1938-1943, and 1946-1949) with an overall record of 133-82, including what was then the school‍ 's only appearance in a postseason tournament when the 1942-43 team advanced to the final game of the 1943 NCAA Tournament.^[3] He was head coach of John Carroll from 1949 to 1951, Army from 1951 to 1953, the Harlem Globetrotters from 1953 to 1956, the Israeli Olympic basketball team in 1956, and the Canadian Olympic basketball team in 1960.

Roster

Sources^[4]^[5]

Senior guard Tommy O'Keefe would later serve as Georgetown‍ 's assistant coach for four seasons from 1956 to 1960 and as head coach for six seasons from 1960 to 1966.^[6]

#	Name	Height	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
9	Italo Ablondi	6'0"	G	Jr.	New York, NY, U.S.	Stuyvesant HS
13	Dick Falvey	6'0"	G	Jr.	New York, NY, U.S.	La Salle Academy
15	Ken "Bud" Brown	6'4"	F	Sr.	Muncie, IN, U.S.	Burris Laboratory School
16	Tommy O'Keefe	6'0"	G	Sr.	Jersey City, NJ, U.S.	University of Notre Dame
17	Ray Corley	6'2"	F	Sr.	New York, NY, U.S.	La Salle HS
26	Vin Leddy	5'11"	G	Sr.	New York, NY, U.S.	Saint Francis High School
28	John Mazziotta	6'5"	F	So.	New York, NY, U.S.	N/A
35	Johnny Brown	6'3"	C/F	Jr.	Staten Island, NY, U.S.	Tottenville, NY
36	Frank Alagia	6'1"	F	Jr.	New York, NY, U.S.	Andrew Jackson HS\|33
N/A	Joe Culhane	N/A	G	Sr.	Rochester, NY, U.S.	University of Rochester
N/A	Danny Supkis	6'7"	F	Jr.	New York, NY, U.S.	St. Alban's HS

1948–49 schedule and results

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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 games played against a United States Army team from Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and the New York Athletic Club therefore counted as part of Georgetown‍ 's won-loss record for 1948-49. 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.^[11]

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular Season
Tue., Dec. 7, 1948	Fort Belvoir	W 91–51	1-0	D.C. Armory
Sat., Dec. 11, 1948	at New York University	L 59–70	1-1	Madison Square Garden
Wed., Dec. 15, 1948	Penn State	W 49–40	2-1	D.C. Armory
Fri., Dec. 31, 1948	at John Carroll	W 73–53	3-1	Cleveland Arena
N/A	vs. St. Bonaventure	L 50–59	3-2	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Fri., Jan. 7, 1949	at William & Mary	L 58–69	3-3	George Preston Blow Gymnasium
Sat., Jan. 8, 1949	at Richmond	W 69–44	4-3	Richmond Arena
Mon., Jan. 10, 1949	Maryland	W 53–51	5-3	D.C. Armory
Wed., Jan. 12, 1949	at George Washington	W 53–49	6-3	D.C. Armory
Sun., Jan. 16, 1949	at Canisius	L 43–52	6-4	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Mon., Jan. 17, 1949	vs. Lafayette	L 48–56	6-5	Alumni Gymnasium
Fri., Jan. 28, 1949	#8 Villanova	L 49–64	6-6	D.C. Armory
Wed., Feb. 2, 1949	Lafayette	W 68–60	7-6	D.C. Armory
Sat., Feb. 5, 1949	St. John's	L 54–65	7-7	D.C. Armory
Wed., Feb. 8, 1949	at Pennsylvania	L 53–56	7-8	Palestra
Sat., Feb. 12, 1949	Seton Hall	L 53–70	7-9	D.C. Armory
Tue., Feb. 15, 1949	at Holy Cross	L 56–74	7-10	Boston Arena
Thu., Feb. 17, 1949	at Maryland	W 56–52	8-10	Ritchie Coliseum
Sat., Feb. 19, 1949	at La Salle	L 45–62	8-11	Philadelphia Convention Hall
Wed., Feb. 23, 1949	George Washington	L 42–57	8-12	D.C. Armory
N/A	at New York Athletic Club	W 64–55	9-12	New York Athletic Club Gymnasium
N/A	at Siena	L 39–44	9-13	Washington Avenue Armory
Sat., Mar. 5, 1949	at Penn State	L 42–61	9-14	Recreation Hall
Mon., Mar. 7, 1949	at #14 Villanova	L 57–65	9-15	Villanova Field House
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball

Venues	Washington Light Infantry Armory (1906–1907) Convention Hall (1907–1908) Odd Fellows Hall (1908–1911) Arcade Rink (1911–1914, 1927–1928) Ryan Gymnasium (1914–1927) Clendenen Gymnasium (1928–1929) Tech Gymnasium (1929–1940, 1942–1943) Riverside Stadium (1940–1942) Brookland Gymnasium (1945–1946) Uline Arena (1946–1947, 1949–1951) D.C. Armory (1947–1949) McDonough Gymnasium (1951–2009) Capital Centre (1981–1997) Verizon Center (1997–present)

Culture & lore	History Hoya Saxa Jack the Bulldog There Goes Old Georgetown

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

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