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The first Indiana basketball team (1900–01) Indiana fielded its first men's basketball team in the 1900–01 season, posting a 1–4 ledger under coach James H. Horne. In their first game the Hoosiers traveled to Indianapolis and lost to Butler 17–20. [14] Indiana's first victory was a 26–17 win over Wabash College that same year. [14]
Mar 14, 2014 · A sign sticking out of a small patch of soil speaks to its significance. "The Cradle of Basketball," it proudly boasts. It was here, on this very spot March 16, 1894 — 120 years ago — that a ...
The first Indiana University Hoosiers basketball team 1901 (Photo: IU Archives) The following compilation of Indiana University basketball history marks one of the greatest projects to capture and document the extensive history of Indiana University basketball and the stories that each of these coaches, players, and events contributed to the Indiana basketball legacy.
Mar 14, 2016 · It was there that the supposed “ first ” basketball game in Indiana happened on March 16, 1894 between teams from the Crawfordsville and Lafayette YMCAs. Several contemporary newspapers reported on this game, including three of Crawfordsville’s four newspapers, and brief mentions appeared in Lafayette and Indianapolis papers.
Hoosier Hysteria. Hoosier hysteria is the state of excitement surrounding basketball in Indiana or, more specifically, the Indiana high school basketball tournament. [1][2] The most famous example occurred in 1954, when Milan (enrollment 161) defeated Muncie Central (enrollment over 1,600) to win the state title.
Mar 13, 2006 · It was invented in Massachussetts in 1891, but basketball's inventor claimed the game, "really had its origin in Indiana." And so began Hoosier Hysteria.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Though the sport was invented by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891, basketball has deep roots in the state of Indiana. When he visited the Hoosier State in ...
