Played home games at the New York State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Syracuse, New York – Seating capacity – 7,500
| SYRACUSE NATIONALS | NBL | 40-23 | AL CERVI | ||||||||||
| REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
| Johnny Macknowski | F-G | 25 | 6:01 | 185 | Seton Hall’48 | 62 | 146 | 128 | 178 | .719 | 420 | 6.8 | |
| Dolph Schayes | F-C | 20 | 6:07 | 205 | NYU’48 | 63 | 271 | 267 | 370 | .722 | 809 | 12.8 | |
| Ed Peterson | C | 23 | 6:09 | 230 | Cornell’48 | 63 | 165 | 104 | 177 | .588 | 434 | 6.9 | |
| Al Cervi | G | 31 | 5:11 | 185 | None | 57 | 204 | 287 | 382 | .751 | 695 | 12.2 | |
| Billy Gabor | G | 26 | 5:11 | 170 | Syracuse’48 | 58 | 115 | 125 | 169 | .740 | 355 | 6.1 | |
| Jim Homer | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 220 | Alabama’47 | 59 | 141 | 104 | 164 | .634 | 386 | 6.5 | |
| Paul Seymour | G-F | 20 | 6:02 | 180 | Toledo’46 | 63 | 120 | 70 | 106 | .660 | 310 | 4.9 | |
| Jerry Rizzo | G-F | 30 | 5:08 | 150 | Fordham’40 | Suspended | 45 | 67 | 106 | 150 | .707 | 240 | 5.3 |
| Hank O’Keefe | F | 25 | 6:03 | 195 | RPI’45/ Canisius’48 | 56 | 94 | 52 | 90 | .578 | 240 | 4.3 | |
| John Chaney | F | 28 | 6:03 | 190 | LSU’43 | 59 | 82 | 59 | 88 | .670 | 223 | 3.8 | |
| Bob Calihan | F | 30 | 6:03 | 200 | Detroit’40 | 11 | 28 | 13 | 21 | .619 | 69 | 6.3 | |
| Paul Yesawich | F | 25 | 6:02 | 190 | Niagara’48 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 8 | 1.6 | |
| 3-3 | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||||
| GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |||||||
| Bob Calihan | F | 30 | 6:03 | 200 | Detroit’40 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 23 | .739 | 59 | 9.8 | |
| Dolph Schayes | F-C | 20 | 6:07 | 205 | NYU’48 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 41 | .780 | 86 | 14.3 | |
| Ed Peterson | C | 23 | 6:09 | 230 | Cornell’48 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 28 | .571 | 44 | 7.3 | |
| Al Cervi | G | 31 | 5:11 | 185 | None | 6 | 12 | 22 | 30 | .733 | 46 | 7.7 | |
| Billy Gabor | G | 26 | 5:11 | 170 | Syracuse’48 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 15 | .800 | 36 | 6.0 | |
| Paul Seymour | G-F | 20 | 6:02 | 180 | Toledo’46 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 10 | .900 | 51 | 8.5 | |
| Jerry Rizzo | G-F | 30 | 5:08 | 150 | Fordham’40 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 22 | .818 | 44 | 7.3 | |
| Jim Homer | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 220 | Alabama’47 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 32 | 5.3 | |
| John Chaney | F | 28 | 6:03 | 190 | LSU’43 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 32 | 5.3 | |
| Johnny Macknowski | F-G | 25 | 6:01 | 185 | Seton Hall’48 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 13 | 2.2 | |
| Hank O’Keefe | F | 25 | 6:03 | 195 | RPI’45/ Canisius’48 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 6 | 1.2 | |