The 1947–48 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the

1947–48 NCAA men's basketball season The 1947–48 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1947, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1948 NCAA basketball tournament championship game on March 23, 1948, at Madison Square Gard ...

and were members of the

Pacific Coast Conference The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pac-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, with eight of the ten PCC members (including a ...

. The Bruins were led by ninth year head coach

Wilbur Johns Wilbur Johns (December 8, 1903 – July 14, 1967) was an American men's college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He was the head basketball coach at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), prior to John Wooden, serving from 1 ...

. They finished the regular season with a record of 12–13 and were third in the PCC southern division with a record of 3–9. It was also the Bruins' final season before the legendary

John Wooden John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed the Wizard of Westwood, he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships in a 12-year period as head ...

took over as the head coach the next season.

Previous season

The Bruins finished the regular season with a record of 18–7 and won the PCC southern division with a record of 9–3.

Roster

Schedule

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References

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