Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia

by Terry Hutchens (With), Dick Van Arsdale (Foreword by)

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

	Foreword	VI
	Acknowledgments	VIII
	Introduction	X
Part I	The Ten Greatest Seasons of IU Basketball
Chapter 1	1975-76: Toughness, Greatness, and Perfection	2
Chapter 2	1952-53: McCracken Runs the Table a Second Time	13
Chapter 3	1974-75: The Most Dominant Team in IU History	24
Chapter 4	1986-87: A Team that Refused to Lose	35
Chapter 5	1980-81: The Best Defense in College Basketball	48
Chapter 6	1939-40: The Arrival of the Hurryin' Hoosiers	60
Chapter 7	2001-02: A Return to the Indiana Tradition	70
Chapter 8	1992-93: The Culmination of a Three-Year Run	83
Chapter 9	1972-73: Knight Crashes the Final Four	96
Chapter 10	1988-89: The Little Team that Stole the Big Ten	107
Part II	The Ten Eras of Indiana Basketball
Chapter 11	IU Basketball is Born: 1900-01 to 1915-16	120
Chapter 12	A Winning Tradition Begins: 1916-17 to 1923-24	159
Chapter 13	The Everett Dean Era: 1924-25 to 1937-38	181
Chapter 14	Branch McCracken Arrives: 1938-39 to 1942-43	221
Chapter 15	The War Era: 1943-44 to 1945-46	235
Chapter 16	McCracken's Hurryin' Hoosiers: 1946-47 to 1964-65	244
Chapter 17	Middle Passage: 1965-66 to 1970-71	308
Chapter 18	Bob Knight's Incredible Run: 1971-72 to 1992-93	328
Chapter 19	Twilight of an Era: 1993-94 to 1999-2000	393
Chapter 20	A New Day in Bloomington: 2000-01 to 2003-04	427
Part III	The Hoosier Tradition
Chapter 21	IU Basketball Arenas	446
Chapter 22	The All-Time Indiana Team	452
	Bibliography	463

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