Hi this is Courtney from SIA's History Division, here is some info on the team: In 1978, the SI Basketball played in a league sponsored by the District of Columbia Department of Recreation. The Smithsonian team’s opposition in regular league play that year included the USDA, Federal Reserve Board, D.C. Dept. of Manpower and a few other teams. As of March 1978, with 6 games under their belt, the Smithsonian team was undefeated and finished the regular season this way. The coach of the team was Oscar Waters, a special policeman at NASM. In May of 1978, the team lost in the citywide championship semifinals to the Post Office team; this was their first loss of the season. The man featured in the picture above, DeCarlo Wiley, averages 16 points a game and was a big contributor to the team’s success. The March 1978 TORCH article about the team includes a picture of DeCarlo Wiley playing for the team. It looks like in the 1980s a second team was created. They were the Museum Shop’s Running Wild Bunch and played in a similar league against the Smithsonian team.