Murry R. Nelson

Big Ten Basketball, 1943-1972

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From the time conference play began in 1905, the Big Ten was the Western force in collegiate basketball. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Purdue were the first powers in the league, with a combined 23 titles by 1930. Purdue was dominant in the '30s, with seven titles under Coach Piggy Lambert, including a national title in 1935 led by player of the year John Wooden. The creation of a national tournament in 1939 showed the league's early dominance, as a different Big Ten team went to the Final Four in each of the first three years, with two wins. Over the next 30 years, the league produced some of the top teams in the country, led by Hall of Fame coaches like Branch McCracken, Walter Meanwell, Dutch Lonborg, Harold Olsen and Fred Taylor. Top players emerged from the conference, like Jerry Lucas, Cazzie Russell, John Havlicek, Terry Dischinger, Walt Bellamy, Johnny Green, Lou Hudson, Archie Clark and a host of others. This book provides the first-ever basketball history of the Big Ten.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 489g
• ISBN-13: 9781476664712
• ISBN-10: 1476664714
• Artikelnr.: 44946615

Autorenporträt

A professor emeritus of education and American studies at Penn State University, Murry R. Nelson has written histories of the New York Celtics, the American Basketball League, and the National Basketball League, as well as biographies of Bill Russell and Shaquille O'Neal.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments deletevi Preface I.
Big Ten Basketball Beginnings II.
The Old Guard Fights the New Pretenders III.
Into the '50s IV.
The Big Ten in the New Age of Ike V.
Sticking with Ike and the Traditional Powers VI.
Into the '60s in the Big Ten VII.
The Coaches VIII.
The Big Ten Up for Grabs IX.
Michigan Muscles the League X.
The 1967 Season: A Year to Forget for the Big Ten XI.
InsurMOUNTable? XII.
The "Run and Gun" '70s Afterword Appendix 1: The First African American Players at Each Big Ten University Appendix 2: Big Ten Coaches, 1947-1972 Appendix 3: Big Ten Champions, 1943-1972 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index