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Basketball in Indiana
Basketball in Indiana is very popular. There are accounts in every newspaper on high school, college and professional basketball.
What follows is a partial listing of materials available in the Indiana Division of the Indiana State Library about basketball, specifically in Indiana. This does not include a listing of newspapers with articles about basketball. This is a starting point for researchers; for more assistance visit the Indiana State Library.
Biographies/Books | Microforms | Videos | Photographs | Biography Index | Web Sites
Biographies and Books:
Adams, Bob. The Eagles: A History of Monmouth High School Basketball, 1925-1967. Indiana: B. Adams, c1995. 796.32 A211e
Adams, Bob. The Kangaroos: A History of Kirkland Township High School Basketball, 1917-1949. Indiana: s.n., 19--. 796.32 A211k
Alford, Steve. Playing for Knight: My Six Seasons With Coach Knight. New York: Simon and Schuster, c1989. 796.32 A389p
Bailey, Damon. Damon, Living a Dream: Life in the Limelight. Mooresville, IN: Backroads Press, c1995. 796.32 B154d
Bates, Don M. All-Star Memories: a History of the Indianapolis Star's Indiana-Kentucky High School All-Star Basketball Series, 1939-1989. Indianapolis, Ind.: Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc., 1989. 796.32 B329a
Bates, Don M. All-Star Memories: a History of the Indianapolis Star's Indiana-Kentucky High School All-Star Basketball Series, 1939-1989. Indianapolis, Ind.: Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc., 1989. 796.32 B329a
Bird, Larry. Drive: The Story of My Life. New York: Doubleday, 1989. 927 B618ab
Bird, Larry. Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love. New York: Warner Books, c1999.
Bossaer, Jeffrey. Attica High School and Boys Basketball, Volume One, March 1992. Indiana: J. Bossaer, [1992] 796.32 B745a
Burchard, Marshall. Sports Hero, Larry Bird. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1982. 927 B618b
Caldwell, Howard. Tony Hinkle: Coach for All Seasons. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1991. 927 H663c
Corn, Frederick Lynn. Basketball's Magnificent Bird: the Larry Bird Story. New York: Random House, c1982. 927 B618c
Cox, Thomas. Indiana High School Basketball: New and Old, Silver and Gold. Indianapolis: Winner One Enterprises, 1977. 796.32 C878n
Davidson, Larry S. Visitor Spending at the 1991 Final Four Tournament in Indianapolis. Bloomington, Ind.: Department of Business Economics & Public Policy, Indiana University, [1991] 790 D252v
Ellett, Phillip. The Franklin Wonder Five: a Complete History of the Legendary Basketball Team. Franklin, IN: RLE Enterprises: Wonder Five [distributor], c1986. 796.32 E45f
Feinstein, John. A Season on the Brink: a Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers. New York: Macmillan, c1986. 796.32 K69f
Flora, Louis. Triton Trojans, 1965. Bourbon, Ind.: Flora, 1998. 796.32 T839t
Gildea, William. Where the Game Matters Most: A Last Championship Season in Indiana High School Basketball. Boston: Little, Brown, c1997. GV885.72.I6 G55 1997
Gould, Todd. Pioneers of the Hardwood: Indiana and the Birth of Professional Basketball. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1998. 796.32 G698p
Guffey, Greg. The Greatest Basketball Story Ever Told: the Milan Miracle, Then and Now. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1993. 796.32 G941g
Hamilton, Donald Eugene. Hoosier Temples: A Pictorial History of Indiana's High School Basketball Gyms. St. Louis, Mo.: G. Bradley Publishing, c1993. 796.32 H217h
Hammel, Bob editor. The Champs '81. Bloomington, Ind.: Herald-Telephone: Indiana University Press, c1981.
796.32 C453
Hammel, Bob. Beyond the Brink with Indiana. Bloomington, Ind.: Bloomington Herald-Telephone & Indiana University Press, 1987. 796.32 H224b
Hammel, Bob. A Banner Year at Indiana. Bloomington, IN: Herald-Times: Indiana University Press, c1993. 796.32 H224ba
Hammel, Bob. Silver Knight: 25 Remarkable Years of Championship Indiana Basketball. Bloomington, Ind: Herald-Times, c1997. 796.32 K69ha
Hammel, Bob. Hoosiers--Classified: Indiana's Love Affair with One-Class Basketball. Indianapolis, IN: Masters Press, 1997. 796.32 H224h
Haskins, James. George McGinnis: Basketball Superstar. New York: Hastings House, [1978] 927 M145h
Hoose, Phillip M. Hoosiers: the Fabulous Basketball Life of Indiana. New York: Vintage Books, 1986. 796.32 H776h
Hoose, Phillip M. Hoosiers: the Fabulous Basketball Life of Indiana. Indianapolis, IN: Guild Press of Indiana, c1995. 796.32 H776h, 1995
Hosey, Tim. Bobby Knight, Countdown to Perfection: a Game-By-Game Review and Yearly Highlights of Bobby Knight's 18 Years as a Head Intercollegiate Basketball Coach. New York: Leisure Press, c1983. 796.32 K69h
Indianapolis Star [and] Indianapolis News. Larry Bird, an Indiana Legend. Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing Inc., c1999. 927 B618Li
Karpick, Alan R. Boilermaker Basketball: Great Purdue Teams and Players. Chicago: Bonus Books, c1989. 796.32 K18b
Kendall, Dean. The Wabash Valley High School Basketball Tournament. Indianapolis, Ind.: D. Kendall, c1997. 796.32 K33w
Knight, Bobby. Basketball. Bloomington, Ind. (1113 S. High St., Bloomington, Ind. 47401): Bob Knight Basketball Aids, 1986 796.32 K69b
Knight, Max. Somebody Stole the Pea Out of My Whistle: the Golden Age of Hoosier Basketball Referees. Indianapolis: Guild Press of Indiana, c1995. 796.32 K71s
Levine, Lee Daniel. Bird: the Making of an American Sports Legend. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1988. 927 B618L
Lipofsky, Steve. Bird: Portrait of a Competitor. Lenexa, Kan.: Addax Pub. Group; Kansas City: Distributed to the trade by Andrews & McMeel, c1998. 927 B618Ls [quarto]
Malayter, Shawn. Find a Way: Valpo's "Sweet" Dream. South Bend, Ind.: Diamond Communications, c1999. 796.32 M239f
Mannheimer, Steve. Pacer Power: The 1994 Wonder Season of the Indiana Pacers. Indianapolis, IN: Guild Press of Indiana, c1994. 796.32 M282p
Marshall, Kerry D. A Boy, a Ball, and a Dream: The Marvin Wood Story. Indianapolis, Ind.: Scott Publications, 1991, c1990. 796.32 M368b
Marshall, Kerry D. Two of a Kind: The Tom and Dick Van Arsdale Story. Indianapolis: Scott, 1992. 927 V217m
Marshall, Kerry D. The Ray Crowe Story: A Legend in High School Basketball. [United States?] : High School Basketball Cards of America, c1992. 927 M368r
Mellen, Joan. Bob Knight: His Own Man. New York: D.I. Fine, c1988. 796.32 K69m
Miller, Reggie. I Love Being the Enemy: A Season on the Court with the NBA's Best Shooter and Sharpest Tongue. New York: Simon & Schuster, c1995. 796.32 M649i
Montieth, Mark. Passion Play: a Season with the Purdue Boilermakers and Coach Gene Keady. Chicago: Bonus Books, c1988. 796.32 M791p
Moore, Jim. Indiana Pacers. [Mankato, Minn.] : Creative Education, c1984. 796.32 M667i
Moscowitz, Raymond. Small School, Giant Dream: A Year of Hoosier High School Hoopla. Wabash, Ind.: Littleguy Enterprises, c1990. 796.32 M896s
Neely, Tim. Hooping it Up: The Complete History of Notre Dame Basketball. Notre Dame, Ind.: Diamond Communications, 1985. 796.32 N378h
Nelson, Rodger R. The Zollner Piston Story. Fort Wayne, Ind.: Allen County Public Library Foundation, 1995. 796 N429z
Pieratt, Marty. Bobby Plump: Last of the Small Town Heroes. Indianapolis, Ind.: Good Morning Publishing Co., Inc., c1997. 927 P736p
Phelps, Richard. Digger Phelps and Notre Dame Basketball. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, c1981. 796.32 P541di
Plaiss, Mark. The Road to Indianapolis: Inside a Season of Indiana High School Basketball. Chicago: Bonus Books, c1991. 796.32 P699r
Pluto, Terry. Loose Balls: the Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association: as Told By the Players, Coaches, and Movers and Shakers Who Made it Happen. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991, c1990. 796.32 P737L
Poore, Jack. Decatur Co. Basketball, 1946-1968: Burney Panthers, Clarksburg Knights, Greensburg Pirates, Jackson Tigers, New Point Little Giants, Sandcreek Indians, Sandusky Blackhawks, St. Paul Blasters. [S.l.: s.n., 199-?] 796.32 P823de
Poore, Jack. The Early Years, Decatur Co. Basketball, 1932-1945: Burney Panthers, Clarksburg Knights, Greensburg Pirates, Jackson Tigers, Letts Bearcats, New Point Little Giants, Sandcreek Indians, Sandusky Blackhawks, St. Paul Blasters, Westport Warriors. [S.l.: s.n., 199-?] 796.32 P823e
Rambeck, Richard. Indiana Pacers. Mankato, Minn.: Creative Education, c1998. 796.32 R167i
Rappoport, Ken. The Classic: the History of the NCAA Basketball Championship. Kansas City, Mo.: Lowell Press, c1979. 796.32 R221c [quarto]
Reed, Billy. The Final Four. Lexington, Ky.: Host Communications, c1988. 796.32 R25f
Roberts, Randy. "But they can't beat us": Oscar Robertson and the Crispus Attucks Tigers. Indianapolis, Ind.: Indiana Historical Society; Champaign, Ill.: Sports Publishing Inc, c1999. 796.32 R646b
Robison, Roger Frank. Everett Case and the Frankfort Hot Dogs: When Indiana Was King. Vincennes, IN: Hot Dog Press, 1998. 796.32 R666e
Schwomeyer, Herbert Frederic. Hoosier Hersteria: A History of Indiana High School Girls Basketball. Indianapolis, Ind. (7745 S. River Rd., Indianapolis 46240): Herb Schwomeyer, c1985. 796.32 S415ho
Schwomeyer, Herbert Frederic. Hoosier Hysteria: A History of Indiana High School Boys Single Class Basketball. Indianapolis, Ind.: Herb Schwomeyer, 1997, c1970. 796.32 S415h, 1997
Shaw, Mark. Larry Legend. Lincolnwood, Ill.: Masters Press, c1998. 927 B618s
Sheets, Harley. Where in the World is Westview, Wes-Del and Wapahani. Lebanon, Ind.: Where in the world, 1983. 796.32 S541w
Stedman, Bill. 90 Years of Alice's. Vincennes, IN (32 N. Fifth St., Vincennes 47591): B. Stedman, c1995. 796.32 S812n
Sulek, Robert Paul. Hoosier Honor: Bob Knight and Academic Success at Indiana University. New York: Praeger, 1990. 796.32 S949h
Trogdon, Wendell. No Harm No Foul: Referees are People, Too. Evanston, Ill.: Highlander Press; Mooresville, Ind.: Local distribution by W. Trogdon, c1987. 817 T844n
Trogdon, Wendell. Gym Rats. Evanston, Ill.: Highlander Press; Mooresville, Ind.: Local distribution by Wendell Trogdon, c1990. 796.32 T844g
Trogdon, Wendell. Shooting Stars: Trek to the Championship. Evanston, Ill.: Highlander Press, c1990. 796.32 T844s
Williams, Bob. Indiana High School Basketball. South Bend, Ind.: Icarus Press, 1982. GV885.72.I6 W54 1982
Williams, Bob. Hoosier Hysteria!: Indiana High School Basketball. South Bend, Ind.: Hardwood Press, c1997. 796.32 W721i, 1997
Wolff, Alexander. A March for Honor. Indianapolis: Masters Press, 1997. 796.32 W855m
Wooden, John R. Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court. Lincolnwood, Ill.: Contemporary Books, c1997. 927 W886wo
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Indianapolis, IN: The Hall of Fame, [1984-1992] 796.32 N558
Indiana Basketball Handbook. Indianapolis, Ind.: David M. Pert, [19uu] 796.32 I385b
Indiana High School Tourney Basketball Record Book. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc., 198?. 796.32 I385
The Indianapolis News Basketball Record Book. Indianapolis, Ind.: Indianapolis News Pub. Co., [19uu] 796.32 I385
Indiana Basketball History: a Publication of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. New Castle, IN: Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, 1992. 796.32 I385bh
The Lafayette Journal and Courier Presents Most Memorable Moments in Purdue Basketball History. Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing Inc., c1998. 796.32 L161p
Vincennes University Trailblazers, 1979-80. Vincennes, Ind.: The University, 1981? 796.32 no. 1
Microform:
Holland, John Christopher. Heart Rates of Indiana High School Basketball Officials as Measured By Electrocardiographic Radio Telemetry [microform] 1970. 796.32 H735h
Paino, Troy D. The End of Nostalgia [microform]: a Cultural History of Indiana High School Basketball During the Progressive Era. 1997. 796.32 P147e
Schwomeyer, Herbert Frederic. A History of Indiana High School Basketball [microform]. 1970. 796.32 S415hi
Videos:
Indiana's Game Videorecording Indianapolis: Indiana High School Athletic Association, c1986.
796.32 I385g
Knight, Bobby. A Knight of Basketball. Indianapolis, IN: Television Enterprises Network: Kartes Video Communications, Inc.; 1985 796.32 K69k
Maultra, Rick. The Indiana Pacers Videorecording: The ABA Days. Indianapolis: Government Cable Channel 16, 1988. 796.32 M449i
Photograph Collection Headings:
Basketball
Sports
Biography Index Headings:
Alford, Steve
Bailey, Damon
Bird, Larry
Bryce, Drew
Dakich, Dan
Hinkle, Tony
Keady, Gene
Knight, Bobby
Leonard, Slick
McGinnis, George
Miller, Reggie
Mount, Rick
Phelps, Digger
Plump, Bobby
Robertson, Oscar
Thomas, Isiah
VanArsdale, Tom
VanArsdale, Dick
Wooden, John
Web Sites:
- Basketball Hall of Fame
- Indiana Pacers Basketball
- Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
- The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
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