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1948–49 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

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1948–49 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record15–6 (7–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Roberts
Home arenaYost Field House
Seasons
1948–49 Big Nine Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Illinois 10 2   .833 21 4   .840
No. 6 Minnesota 9 3   .750 18 3   .857
Michigan 7 5   .583 15 6   .714
No. 20 Ohio State 6 6   .500 14 7   .667
Indiana 6 6   .500 14 8   .636
Purdue 6 6   .500 13 9   .591
Wisconsin 5 7   .417 12 10   .545
Iowa 3 9   .250 10 10   .500
Northwestern 2 10   .167 5 16   .238
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948–49 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1948–49 season. The team compiled a 15–6 record, and 7–5 against Big Ten Conference opponents. The team finished in third place in the Big Ten. Ernie McCoy was in his first season as the team's head coach, and William Roberts was the team captain.

Mack Supronowicz and Bob Harrison were the team's leading scorers with 247 and 214 points, respectively. Supronowicz's 247 points set a new Michigan single season scoring record, surpassing the previous record of 230 points set by James Mandler in the 1941–42 season. Supronowicz also became the first player in Michigan history to score 100 field goals in a season.[1]

Scoring statistics

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Player Games Field goals Free throws Points Points per game[1]
Mack Supronowicz 21 100 57-88 247 11.8
Bob Harrison 21 83 48-69 214 10.2
Leo VanderKuy 21 44 53-75 141 6.7
Pete Elliott 21 49 25-35 123 5.9
Hal Morrill 21 32 21-27 85 4.0
Boyd McCaslin 21 26 21-40 73 3.5
Bill Mikulich 18 28 13-18 69 3.8
Bill Roberts 10 19 11-14 49 4.9
Irv Wisniewski 19 12 6-11 29 1.5
Bill Doyle 12 9 3-9 21 1.8
Bob Olson 7 6 2-5 12 1.7
Dick Rifenburg 5 2 5-6 9 1.8
Chuck Murray 5 1 5-6 7 1.4
Leslie Popp 2 0 0-0 0 0.0
Totals 21 411 268-407 1090 51.9

Coaching staff

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References

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  1. ^ a b "University of Michigan Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2012.