Pioneers of the Hardwood: Indiana and the Birth of Professional Basketball

by Todd Gould

Book Overview

As fire is to prairie or water to fish, so is basketball a part of the natural environment in Indiana. Round ball, or Hoosier Hysteria, is so much a part of the state's heritage that many people believe basketball was invented in Indiana. Naismith's game is a virtual religion in the state. While everyone knows about the growth of basketball in high schools and in college, the story of Indiana's role in the development of professional basketball has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253333733
• ISBN13: 9780253333735
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"