title: Hammond Calumet Buccaneers
text: # Hammond Calumet Buccaneers
  
  The Hammond Calumet Buccaneers were a professional team of basketball that competed in the National Basketball League for only the 1948–49 season. They were based in Hammond, Indiana, and played in the Hammond Civic Center for home games.
  
  The team ranked third in the Eastern Division, and was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Syracuse Nationals.
  
  