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Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia

Author : Jason Hiner

Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC

Page : 488 pages

File Size : 45,54 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Education

ISBN : 9781582616551

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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. 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 2003-04 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. It 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.



Heart of a Hoosier

Author : Del Duduit

Publisher : Indiana University Press

Page : 155 pages

File Size : 22,37 MB

Release : 2021-07-06

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 0253056993

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Five NCAA Championships, 22 Big Ten Conference Championships—this is the candy-striped legacy of the Indiana University men's basketball team. In its 120-year history, Indiana basketball has become a giant in college basketball and earned a legion of fans. In Heart of a Hoosier: A Year of Inspiration from IU Men's Basketball, authors Del Duduit and Michelle Medlock Adams show readers how the famous moments and personalities of the Indiana Hoosiers can inspire them to reach for success, overcome adversity, be a great team member, and more. Readers will be inspired by a year's worth of stories featuring fierce rivalries with Purdue and Kentucky and legendary players and coaches such as Steve Alford, Isiah Thomas, Calbert Cheaney, George McGinnis, Branch McCracken, and Bobby Knight. Heart of a Hoosier will entertain and motivate every fan who bleeds Cream & Crimson. Relive the triumphs, groan at the losses, and revel in great traditions!



Rising from the Ashes

Author : Terry Hutchens

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 50,14 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 9781935628194

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"Chronicles IU's four-year journey back to relevance. A journey that began when Tom Crean took over a team with one returning scholarship player, it continues four years later to the 2011-2012 season, with the Hoosiers back in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet Sixteen. Christian Watford's 3-point shot at the buzzer to beat No. 1 Kentucky allowed IU fans everywhere to utter the simple phrase, "We're Back!" "--[p.4] of cover.



Hoosier Beginnings

Author : Ken Bikoff

Publisher : Well House Books

Page : 211 pages

File Size : 35,87 MB

Release : 2020-09-01

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 0253050499

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Hoosier Beginnings tells the story of Indiana University athletics from its founding in 1867 to the interwar period. Crammed full of rare images and little-known anecdotes, it recounts how sport at IU developed from its very first baseball team, made up mostly of local Bloomington townsfolks, to the rich and powerful tradition that is the "Hoosier" legacy. Hoosier Beginnings uncovers fascinating stories that have been lost to time and showcases how Indiana University athletics built its foundation as a pivotal team in sports history. Learn about the fatal train collision that nearly stopped IU athletics in its tracks; IU's first African American football player; the infamous Baseball Riot of 1913; how a horde of students grabbed axes and chopped down 200 apple trees to make way for a new gymnasium; and the legendary 1910 football team that didn't allow a single touchdown all season—but still lost a game. Most importantly, it attempts to answer the burning question, where did the "Hoosiers" get their mysterious name?



Chasing Indiana's Game

Author : Chris Smith

Publisher : Indiana University Press

Page : 205 pages

File Size : 44,98 MB

Release : 2020-08-12

Category : History

ISBN : 0253048176

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Hoosiers have always loved basketball! Long before Larry Bird carried Indiana State University to the 1979 NCAA National Championship or Bobby Knight walked the sidelines at Indiana University, basketball fostered community identity across the Hoosier state. From Indiana's tiniest towns to its biggest cities, high school basketball is a source of pride, unifying communities with different races, religions, and social and economic status. First drawn simply to documenting the architecture of Indiana's high school buildings and basketball courts, Chris Smith and Michael Keating quickly discovered that the real story was about more than just brick and mortar, maple and shellac. Told repeatedly by locals how important these places were to their communities, they began to embrace the "game on Saturday, church on Sunday" mantra that is found in many towns through Indiana, watching countless hours of basketball and becoming a part of the Hoosier tradition themselves. With over 150 color photographs and unforgettable stories from high school basketball and beyond, Chasing Indiana's Game: The Hoosier Hardwood Project is a tribute to the Hoosier state and all who love basketball.



Days of Knight

Author : Kirk Haston

Publisher : Indiana University Press

Page : 225 pages

File Size : 25,87 MB

Release : 2016-08-29

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 0253022401

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“A personal glimpse into how the legendary Indiana basketball coach taught and mentored his team.”—Jared Jeffries, former Indiana Hoosier and New York Knick What happens when a 6' 9" kid from Lobelville, Tennessee is recruited by legendary basketball coach Bob Knight? Kirk Haston’s life was changed forever with just a two-minute phone call. With previously unknown Knight stories, anecdotes, and choice quotes, Haston gives fans an inside look at the notoriously private man and his no-nonsense coaching style. Which past Hoosier basketball greats returned to talk to and practice with current teams? How did Knight mentally challenge his players in practices? How did the players feel when Knight was fired? In this touching and humorous book, Haston shares these answers and more, including his own Hoosier highs—shooting a famous three-point winning shot against number one ranked Michigan State—and lows—losing his mom in a heartbreaking tornado accident. Days of Knight is a book every die-hard IU basketball fan will treasure.



So You Think You Know Indiana University Basketball?

Author : Terry Hutchens

Publisher : Blue River Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 46,91 MB

Release : 2015-11

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 9781935628545

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Are you one of those Indiana University Basketball fans who remembers where you were when Christian Watford hit the 'Wat Shot' that beat Kentucky in 2011? Or maybe you're a little older and you can remember watching the '87 national championship game when Keith Smart hit the floating baseline jumper to beat Syracuse. Or maybe you remember when Big Red, Scott May and Quinn Buckner led the 1976 team to the undefeated national championship. The point is you're an Indiana basketball fan through and through. And this combination IU basketball trivia book/trip down memory lane/IU hoops history book is just for you. In So you think you know Indiana University Basketball (We'll see about that), author and longtime IU basketball expert Terry Hutchens offers the ultimate IU basketball trivia challenge. You can take the entire challenge which covers nine different areas of concentration or you can challenge yourself and simply choose your best topic and see how you do in that chapter. Here are a couple of sample questions included in the book: * What kind of circus animal once roamed loose in the bowels of the current Assembly Hall? * What was the cost of a student season ticket for the first season in the New IU Fieldhouse built in 1960? * What was the name of the fictional international player that Bob Knight announced on his television show in 1993 that Indiana was about to recruit? * What was the name of the IU manager in the 2008-09 season that actually suited up and played three games for the Hoosiers? * Name the two Indiana Mr. Basketball players who wore the No. 22 at Indiana? * How many IU players have been selected as the No. 1 player overall in the NBA Draft?



Hoosiers

Author : Phillip M. Hoose

Publisher : Indiana University Press

Page : 310 pages

File Size : 48,70 MB

Release : 2016-08-29

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 0253021685

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Named by The New York Times as "a knowing, respectful and caring look at heartland America" and containing a new foreword by legendary player Bob Plump, this is a book every basketball lover should own. The best of Phillip Hoose's classic writings are included here with a fresh look on Indiana's favorite and most beloved sport. A new edition of a well-known Indiana classic, Hoosiers profiles some of the world's most famous basketball players and coaches—Larry Bird, Bobby Plump, Damon Bailey, Steve Alford, Stephanie White, and Bob Knight among them—along with Indiana towns, schools, and programs. The ultimate book for the diehard fan, Hoosiers: The Fabulous Basketball Life of Indiana explores Hoosier hysteria in all its glory.



The Milan Miracle

Author : Bill Riley

Publisher : Indiana University Press

Page : 195 pages

File Size : 37,60 MB

Release : 2016-08-29

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 0253020956

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Will lightning ever strike twice? Can David beat Goliath a second time? These questions haunt everyone in the small town of Milan, Indiana, whose basketball team inspired Hoosiers, the greatest underdog sports movie ever made. From a town of just 1,816 residents, the team remains forever an underdog, but one with a storied past that has them eternally frozen in their 1954 moment of glory. Every ten years or so, Milan has a winning season, but for the most part, they only manage a win or two each year. And still, perhaps because it's the only option for Milan, the town believes that the Indians can rise again. Bill Riley follows the modern day Indians for a season and explores how the Milan myth still permeates the town, the residents, and their high level of expectations of the team. Riley deftly captures the camaraderie between the players and their coach and their school pride in being Indians. In the end, there are few wins or causes for celebration—there is only the little town where basketball is king and nearly the whole town shows up to watch each game. The legend of Milan and Hoosiers is both a blessing and a curse.



Landon Turner's Tales from the 1980-'81 Indiana Hoosiers

Author : Landon Turner

Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 23,4 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Basketball players

ISBN : 1582611971

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The famous Hoosiers coach relates the basketball team's hard-won 1981 championship victory and his own battle back from tragedy after being paralyzed in a car wreck. 25 photos.