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Book Synopsis
Tells the story of the 1953 Hoosiers, NCAA champions, coached by Branch McCracken and led by star players Bobby Leonard and Don Schlundt. This work aims to recreate the story of Indiana's magical 1952-53 season. For Hoosier fans, it is a tale that illuminates one of the most glorious chapters of Indiana University basketball history.

Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments

I.
1. Expansion and Crisis
2. Bobby
3. The Ox
4. Big Mac and the Firewagon
5. The Second-Place Curse
II.
6. The Race and the Free Throw Contest
7. Here We Go Again
8. Kiss It Goodbye
9. Speed versus Power
10. The Game Neither Team Could Afford to Lose
11. Century Mark
12. A Knife in Wisconsin
13. The Clincher
III.
14. A Record Night in Chicago
15. Kansas City Coronation
Epilogue

Appendix: Stats and Records
Notes
Index

Macs Boys

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      Publisher MH - Indiana University Press
      Published 10/26/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780253218148
      978-0253218148
      ISBN-10 0253218144
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      History of sport

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tells the story of the 1953 Hoosiers, NCAA champions, coached by Branch McCracken and led by star players Bobby Leonard and Don Schlundt. This work aims to recreate the story of Indiana's magical 1952-53 season. For Hoosier fans, it is a tale that illuminates one of the most glorious chapters of Indiana University basketball history.

      Table of Contents

      Contents
      Acknowledgments

      I.
      1. Expansion and Crisis
      2. Bobby
      3. The Ox
      4. Big Mac and the Firewagon
      5. The Second-Place Curse
      II.
      6. The Race and the Free Throw Contest
      7. Here We Go Again
      8. Kiss It Goodbye
      9. Speed versus Power
      10. The Game Neither Team Could Afford to Lose
      11. Century Mark
      12. A Knife in Wisconsin
      13. The Clincher
      III.
      14. A Record Night in Chicago
      15. Kansas City Coronation
      Epilogue

      Appendix: Stats and Records
      Notes
      Index

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