Texas Longhorns Men's Basketball
Title | Texas Longhorns Men's Basketball PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Little |
Publisher | Globe Pequot |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006-10 |
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ISBN | 9780762743124 |
In 2006 UT basketball celebrated its centennial season, adding to an already rich collection of Longhorn lore and legend. Author Bill Little captures it all, from the wit and wisdom of former coach Abe Lemons to the on-the-court success of NBA hall of famer Slater Martin and Milwaukee Bucks star T. J. Ford. Hoop Tales: Texas Longhorns is an entertaining inside look at this successful program, currently among the nation's collegiate elite.
Longhorn Hoops
Title | Longhorn Hoops PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Pennington |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780292765856 |
Longhorn Hoops documents the history of basketball at the University of Texas. For men's basketball, Richard Pennington goes season by season, describing every game the Longhorns have ever played from 1906 to 1998. He does the same for women's basketball, except for the first two chapters, which cover longer spans of time leading up to the establishment of basketball as a varsity sport for women in 1974. Pennington demonstrates that Texas basketball, while always secondary to King Football, actually has a long and colorful history. Beside stories of games won or lost, points scored, and rebounds collected, Pennington recalls the orange-and-white stars of yesteryear--from Clyde Littlefield to Reggie Freeman--and brings the greatest teams to life, including the unbeaten Steers of 1924, the Final Four team of 1947, Harold Bradley's 1963 team, Abe Lemons' 1978 NIT champions, and Tom Penders' 1990 Longhorns. Perhaps the most interesting story in Longhorn Hoops is how Anna Hiss, director of women's physical education at Texas from 1921 to 1957, helped lead a nationwide movement against intercollegiate competition for women, which shut down UT women's basketball for several decades and and made progress in the 1960s and 1970s much more difficult. Some determined co-eds got it going again, and, with the energy and direction of women's athletic director Donna Lopiano and coach Jody Conradt (whose teams have won more than 700 games), the Longhorns built a powerhouse program that reached its apex with an undefeated team in 1986, winning the NCAA championship with the heroics of freshman star Clarissa Davis. Basketball, as Pennington notes in his preface, is the most beautiful sport ofall, and its history at the University of Texas has now been told. This comprehensive book features a foreword by Dr. Denton Cooley, the world-famous heart surgeon who helped the Longhorns win an SWC title in 1939.
Hoop Tales
Title | Hoop Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Little |
Publisher | |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 2008 |
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Bracketology
Title | Bracketology PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Lunardi |
Publisher | Triumph Books |
Pages | 183 |
Release | 2021-03-02 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1641255803 |
Lunardi delves into the early days of Bracketology, details its growth, and dispels the myths of the process The NCAA Tournament has become one of the most popular sports events in the country, consuming fans for weeks with the run to the Final Four and ultimately the crowning of the champion of college hoops.? Each March, millions of Americans fill out their bracket in the hopes of correctly predicting the future. Yet, there is no true Madness without the oft-debated question about what teams should be seeded where—from the Power-5 Blue Blood with some early season stumbles on their resume to the mid-major that rampaged through their less competitive conference season—and the inventor of Bracketology himself, Joe Lunardi, now reveals the mystery and science behind the legend. While going in depth on his ever-evolving predictive formula, Lunardi compares great teams from different eras with intriguing results, talks to the biggest names in college basketball about their perception of Bracketology (both good and bad), and looks ahead to the future of the sport and how Bracketology will help shape the conversation. This fascinating book is a must-read for college hoops fans and anyone who has aspired to win their yearly office pool.
ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia
Title | ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia PDF eBook |
Author | Espn |
Publisher | Espn Books |
Pages | 1234 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0345513924 |
A comprehensive reference provides historical overviews of all 335 Division 1 teams, season-by-season summaries, ESPN/Sagarin rankings of top-selected college basketball programs, and more.
Glory Road
Title | Glory Road PDF eBook |
Author | Don Haskins |
Publisher | Hyperion |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
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A basketball coach describes how, in 1966, as coach of Texas Western College, he used a starting lineup of five black players to beat the top-ranked University of Kentucky team, paving the way for desegregation of all Southern college teams.
Texas Longhorn Basketball 1983-84
Title | Texas Longhorn Basketball 1983-84 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1983 |
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