Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia

Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia

Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia

Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia

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Overview

The tradition of college basketball excellence that reigns at Indiana University can only be matched by a handful of other elite programs, while the fierce devotion of IU basketball fans has been selling out arenas and inspiring generation after generation of Hoosier fans for over a century. This newly revised edition of the Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia captures the glory, the tradition, and the championships, from the team’s inaugural games in the winter of 1901 all the way through the 2016–17 season. The most comprehensive book ever written about IU basketball, this encyclopedia covers every season and every game the Hoosiers have played throughout their illustrious history, including all of the program’s Big Ten Conference championships and NCAA championships. Fans will relive the most exhilarating victories and the most heart-wrenching defeats. Included within are profiles of legendary Hoosiers stars, from Don Schlundt and the Van Arsdale twins all the way through Calbert Cheaney and Damon Bailey. The rivalries, excitement, and history of the Hoosiers are captured here with vivid detail and unparalleled statistical accuracy. Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia is a must-have for the library of every devoted IU basketball fan and a fitting guide to one of the most storied traditions in all of college basketball.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781683581604
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Publication date: 01/16/2018
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 536
File size: 85 MB
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About the Author

Jason Hiner professes a lifelong fascination with Indiana University basketball that goes back to his youth, when, as an undersized point guard, he envisioned himself hitting game-winning shots in Assembly Hall. His basketball career never came to fruition, but today he has become a journalist and a historian of IU basketball. He writes a regular column on the history of IU hoops for Inside Indiana magazine and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Indiana Historical Society.
Terry Hutchens is the Indiana University beat writer for CNHI Sports Indiana and in his twentieth season covering the Hoosiers. His work is syndicated in thirteen newspapers in Indiana. Hutchens is also the author of eleven books, including ten on IU sports.

Table of Contents

ForewordVI
AcknowledgmentsVIII
IntroductionX
Part IThe Ten Greatest Seasons of IU Basketball
Chapter 11975-76: Toughness, Greatness, and Perfection2
Chapter 21952-53: McCracken Runs the Table a Second Time13
Chapter 31974-75: The Most Dominant Team in IU History24
Chapter 41986-87: A Team that Refused to Lose35
Chapter 51980-81: The Best Defense in College Basketball48
Chapter 61939-40: The Arrival of the Hurryin' Hoosiers60
Chapter 72001-02: A Return to the Indiana Tradition70
Chapter 81992-93: The Culmination of a Three-Year Run83
Chapter 91972-73: Knight Crashes the Final Four96
Chapter 101988-89: The Little Team that Stole the Big Ten107
Part IIThe Ten Eras of Indiana Basketball
Chapter 11IU Basketball is Born: 1900-01 to 1915-16120
Chapter 12A Winning Tradition Begins: 1916-17 to 1923-24159
Chapter 13The Everett Dean Era: 1924-25 to 1937-38181
Chapter 14Branch McCracken Arrives: 1938-39 to 1942-43221
Chapter 15The War Era: 1943-44 to 1945-46235
Chapter 16McCracken's Hurryin' Hoosiers: 1946-47 to 1964-65244
Chapter 17Middle Passage: 1965-66 to 1970-71308
Chapter 18Bob Knight's Incredible Run: 1971-72 to 1992-93328
Chapter 19Twilight of an Era: 1993-94 to 1999-2000393
Chapter 20A New Day in Bloomington: 2000-01 to 2003-04427
Part IIIThe Hoosier Tradition
Chapter 21IU Basketball Arenas446
Chapter 22The All-Time Indiana Team452
Bibliography463

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