1948–49 Indianapolis Jets season

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Jets' 1st and only season in the NBA/BAA and 8th and final season as a franchise.[1] After the season, the NBL would merge with the BAA to form the NBA. As a result, the Jets ceased operations and were subsequently replaced by the Indianapolis Olympians.

1948–49 Indianapolis Jets season
Head coachBruce Hale (4–13)
Burl Fiddle (14–29)
ArenaHinkle Fieldhouse
Results
Record18–42 (.300)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWXLW

Draft
Main article: 1948 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
12George KokC United StatesArkansas
––Reede Berg– United StatesOregon
––Jack Coleman– United StatesLSU
––Alex HannumF/C United StatesUSC
––Norman Kohler– United StatesNorth Carolina
––Andy KosteckaF United StatesGeorgetown
––Ray LumppG United StatesNYU
––Bob Paxton– United StatesNorth Carolina
––Jack Phoenix– United StatesIdaho
––Dick WehrF United StatesRice

Roster
Roster listing
1948–49 Indianapolis Jets roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F/C 44 B. Black, Charles 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1921-06-15 Kansas
G/F 66 Brookfield, Price 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1920-05-11 West Texas State
G/F 22 Byrnes, Tommy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1923-02-19 Seton Hall
F/C 30, 70 Eskridge, Jack 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1924-01-21 Kansas
F/C 99 Glamack, George 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1918-06-07 North Carolina
G/F 22 Hale, Bruce 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1918-08-30 Santa Clara
G/F 55 Hamilton, Ralph 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1921-06-10 Indiana
PG 60 Kirk, Walt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 1924-09-03 Illinois
F 70 Kostecka, Andy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1921-02-10 Georgetown
G/F 20 Lewis, Fred 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1921-01-06 Eastern Kentucky
G 40 Lumpp, Ray 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1923-07-11 NYU
G/F Maddox, Jack 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1919-12-10 West Texas State
C 77 Mahnken, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1922-06-16 Georgetown
G 20 Malamed, Lionel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1924-11-15 CCNY
F/C 50 Mandic, John 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1919-10-03 Oregon State
F/C 44 Mogus, Leo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1921-04-13 Youngstown State
G/F 33 Nagy, Fritz 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1924-01-03 Akron
G/F Napolitano, Paul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-02-03 San Francisco
G 55 Passaglia, Marty 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1919-04-22 Santa Clara
F/C Pugh, Roy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1922-10-16 SMU
C Springer, Jim 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1926-06-17
G Spruill, Jim 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1923-02-26 Rice
G/F 20 Tidrick, Hal 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1915-08-04 Washington & Jefferson
F/C 77 Towery, Blackie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1920-06-20 Western Kentucky
F 60 Wehr, Dick 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1925-12-09 Rice
Head coach

Burl Friddle

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents
1948–49 BAA records
Team BAL BOS CHI FWP IND MIN NYK PHI PRO ROC STL WAS
Baltimore —4–21–44–15–01–42–44–22–41–42–33–3
Boston 2–4—0–54–13–22–33–33–33–31–43–21–5
Chicago 4–15–0—4–25–12–43–22–35–02–43–33–2
Fort Wayne 1–41–42–4—3–32–41–45–04–10–61–42–3
Indianapolis 0–52–31-53–3—0–61–41–44–11–53–32–3
Minneapolis 4–13–24–24–26–0—4–14–15–04–24–22–3
New York 4–23–32–34–14–11–4—2–45–11–43–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–33–20–54–11–44–2—6–00–53–22–4
Providence 4–23–30–51–41–40–51–50–6—2–30–50–6
Rochester 4–14–14–26–05–12–44–15–03–2—6–02–3
St. Louis 3–22–33–34–13–32–42–32–35–00–6—2–3
Washington 3–35–12–33–23–23–23–24–26–03–23–2—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 1St. Louis84–80George Glamack (25)1–0
2November 5New York71–87Bruce Hale (19)1–1
3November 6@ Rochester58–69Andy Kostecka (19)1–2
4November 9Baltimore64–65Glamack, Lewis (12)1–3
5November 13@ Chicago72–79Fred Lewis (15)1–4
6November 14@ Fort Wayne73–79George Glamack (19)1–5
7November 16Philadelphia82–90Andy Kostecka (15)1–6
8November 18@ Philadelphia71–83Andy Kostecka (13)1–7
9November 19@ Boston70–75Bruce Hale (23)1–8
10November 20@ Providence110–107Bruce Hale (25)2–8
11November 23Minneapolis82–88Bruce Hale (15)2–9
12November 25Boston81–66Charles Black (17)3–9
13November 27@ Washington76–94Bruce Hale (17)3–10
14November 30Fort Wayne62–77Fritz Nagy (20)3–11
15December 2@ Baltimore78–90John Mahnken (19)3–12
16December 4@ New York63–66Ray Lumpp (16)3–13
17December 7Washington94–78Ray Lumpp (26)4–13
18December 13New York74–80Ray Lumpp (27)4–14
19December 14vs Baltimore75–88Ray Lumpp (17)4–15
20December 15@ Minneapolis61–79Charles Black (14)4–16
21December 17Chicago67–71Ray Lumpp (26)4–17
22December 21Rochester71–84Carlisle Towery (15)4–18
23December 23Fort Wayne71–60Ray Lumpp (14)5–18
24December 26@ St. Louis65–75Carlisle Towery (13)5–19
25December 30@ Philadelphia91–94Brookfield, Lumpp (20)5–20
26January 1@ Providence78–77Lumpp, Towery (16)6–20
27January 4New York63–58Carlisle Towery (20)7–20
28January 6Rochester73–62Ray Lumpp (21)8–20
29January 8@ Washington81–89Ray Lumpp (17)8–21
30January 9@ Fort Wayne78–80Price Brookfield (22)8–22
31January 11Providence90–67Charles Black (19)9–22
32January 14Chicago61–88Ray Lumpp (16)9–23
33January 16@ Minneapolis66–75Carlisle Towery (21)9–24
34January 18Minneapolis56–81Ralph Hamilton (12)9–25
35January 19vs Rochester66–70Walt Kirk (14)9–26
36January 23@ St. Louis91–73Ray Lumpp (22)10–26
37January 25St. Louis65–53Black, Brookfield (15)11–26
38January 28Fort Wayne77–63Lionel Malamed (19)12–26
39January 29vs Chicago81–87 (OT)Carlisle Towery (19)12–27
40February 1Washington83–69Walt Kirk (16)13–27
41February 2@ Washington57–83Lionel Malamed (17)13–28
42February 4@ Boston64–75Walt Kirk (17)13–29
43February 5@ Baltimore75–87Leo Mogus (19)13–30
44February 7Philadelphia90–73Leo Mogus (22)14–30
45February 9@ Fort Wayne70–67Carlisle Towery (17)15–30
46February 10@ Philadelphia87–108Leo Mogus (14)15–31
47February 12@ Providence78–91Leo Mogus (19)15–32
48February 15Baltimore69–82Carlisle Towery (17)15–33
49February 18Rochester53–65Kirk, Mogus (12)15–34
50February 19@ Rochester73–87Leo Mogus (26)15–35
51February 20@ Chicago72–95Carlisle Towery (18)15–36
52February 22Boston74–68Tommy Byrnes (19)16–36
53February 26@ New York76–81Leo Mogus (24)16–37
54March 1Chicago79–69Walt Kirk (21)17–37
55March 3Minneapolis79–82Walt Kirk (24)17–38
56March 7Boston86–107Leo Mogus (23)17–39
57March 9St. Louis80–81Walt Kirk (25)17–40
58March 12vs Minneapolis69–97Walt Kirk (14)17–41
59March 13@ St. Louis86–87Price Brookfield (17)17–42
60March 15Providence90–84Walt Kirk (17)18–42

References
  1. 1948-49 Indianapolis Jets
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