The 1947–48 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Michigan. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The Wolverines play home basketball games at the...

 team represented the University of Michigan

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 in intercollegiate college basketball

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 during the 1947–48 season. The team played its home games at Yost Arena on the school's campus in . The team won the Western Conference Championship. Under the direction of head coach

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 Ozzie Cowles

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, the team earned Michigan's first invitation to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in 1948

1948 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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. The team was led the school's first two All-Big Nine honorees: Bob Harrison and Pete Elliott

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 as well as the team's leading scorer Mack Suprunowicz. The team earned the Big Nine team statistical championships for both scoring

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 defense (46.3) and scoring margin (7.6). Harrison served as team captain

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 and Elliott earned team MVP.