Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia

Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia
Author: Jason Hiner
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2004
Genre: 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.

So You Think You Know Indiana University Basketball?

So You Think You Know Indiana University Basketball?
Author: Terry Hutchens
Publisher: Blue River Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-11
Genre: 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?

Days of Knight

Days of Knight
Author: Kirk Haston
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2016-08-29
Genre: 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.

Heart of a Hoosier

Heart of a Hoosier
Author: Del Duduit
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2021-07-06
Genre: 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!

Missing Banners

Missing Banners
Author: Tom Brew
Publisher: Thomas P. Brew
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2015-12-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780985802134

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Indiana University basketball fans love their championship banners. They wish there were more. There should have been.

Rising from the Ashes

Rising from the Ashes
Author: Terry Hutchens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: 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.

Season on the Brink

Season on the Brink
Author: John Feinstein
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1439127131

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A Season on the Brink chronicles the basketball season that John Feinstein spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach, Bob Knight. Knight granted Feinstein an unprecedented inside look at college basketball -- with complete access to every moment of the season. Feinstein saw and heard it all -- practices, team meetings, strategy sessions, and mid-game huddles -- during Knight's struggle to avoid a losing season. A Season on the Brink not only captures the drama and pressure of big-time college basketball but paints a vivid portrait of a complex, brilliant coach walking a fine line between genius and madness.

Hoosiers

Hoosiers
Author: Phillip M. Hoose
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2016-08-29
Genre: 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.

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

Landon Turner's Tales from the 1980-'81 Indiana Hoosiers
Author: Landon Turner
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2005
Genre: 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.