AAS 290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Adolph Rupp, Hoop Dreams, Three-Point Field Goal
24 Dec 2015
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Would reenact tipoff after every scored basket: his record at ku is 55-60, john mcclendon become his mentee. Naismith took trip to berlin for olympics. College sports don"t really come in until 1880"s. Indiana hs state bb tournament: 1910- 12 teams from 12 districts, by 1921, there were 394 teams, by 1927, 731 teams, largest athletic tourney in us, original march madness. New gyms start being built in order to compete for homecourt advantage. Butler fieldhouse built in indianapolis and seats 15,000 (largest at that time) No class distinctions in early indiana state basketball. Milan indians based on a true story (hoosiers) 1927: first all-black high school in in crispus attucks hs in indianapolis. Kkk kick out catholic and all-black schools in the hs basketball tournament. Quality of indiana high school basketball was very good pre-wwii. Crispus attucks won first ship in 1955 after desegregation post-wwii. Big shift: bb in 1930"s and 1940"s.
