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What was the world like when Kentucky Men’s Basketball won in 1947-48?

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What was the world like when Kentucky Men’s Basketball won in 1947-48?

Kentucky Men’s Basketball won this NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship in the 1947-48 season. The 1947-48 season title was clinched on March 23, 1948. This is an older edition; 2012 is the most recent verified title season in this archive.
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CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON1948March 23, 1948

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THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS WIN IT ALL.

NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship — 58-42 over Baylor.

recognized1947-48 season

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Kentucky’s first NCAA title. Coach: Adolph Rupp. Season record: 36-3. Site: New York, New York.

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The calendar reads 1948. Here is who arrived, who left, what launched, what people watched, and how the world worked.

Wait, That Happened?

The Manchester Baby runs a stored program.

The experimental Manchester machine executed a program kept in electronic memory, a decisive proof that stored-program computing could work.
Source: First Computer Program to Run on a Computer | Timeline of Computer History ↗
How we’re counting this“First computer program” is too broad; this refers specifically to the first electronic stored program run on a computer.
How do you count “winning it all”?

We count the top championship named for the selected competition—not conference, division, playoff appearance, or consolation titles. Season labels stay separate from the date the trophy was actually clinched.

  • NFL defaults to Super Bowls; pre-Super Bowl league titles are identified separately when included.
  • Relocations follow the franchise unless a league’s official record book separates the history.
  • FBS selectors, split titles, claims, vacancies, and co-champions are labeled rather than flattened.

Result checked 2026-08-28. View Kentucky college basketball championships: complete history ↗

Complete 365-program current directory plus 1 historical championship program, verified 2026-08-28; every recognized title in this competition is attached to its program. NCAA championship tournament; 2013 Louisville participation/title later vacated.