History of Indiana High School Basketball Exam 2 – Flashcards
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Name and Age of Head Coach of State Champ Thorntown in 1915. Graduated from Paoli High School in 1910
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Chet Hill, 23
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What was the first year that newspapers first started ranking teams
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1916
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What was the first #1 ranked team in Indiana
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Lafayette
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What was the first #2 ranked team in Indiana
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Crawfordsville
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The first Gimbel Award was given to?
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Claude Curtis
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Where was Claude Curtis from?
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Martinsville
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What year was the first time 8 players could dress
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1917
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T or F there were more teams in 1918 than there are today
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True
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IHSAA declared which team ineligible for unsportmanlike conduct for unsportsmanlike conduct from Hopewell
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Franklin
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Which team received a 2-0 forfeited victory because of Franklins ineligibility
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Columbus
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1919 was the first state championship away from where?
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Bloomington
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The host of the 1919 state championships
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Purdue
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The nickname given to Franklin's 1920-1922 teams
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Wonder Five
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Star Player from the "Wonder Five"
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Fuzzy Vandivier
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Who is Franklin's leading scorer today?
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Fuzzy
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3 reasons why Fuzzy is still the leading scorer
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4 years starter, took all free throws, played alot of tournament games
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Franklin played its sectional during 1920-1922 where?
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Franklin College
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Which team won 34 games which has been the most games a team has ever won
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Vincennes
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How many games can a team play without a tournament
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20
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How many games can a team play with one tournament
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18
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How many games can a team play with 2 tournaments
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16
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Where did John Wooden play?
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Martinsville
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Which team won the tournament on probation
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Marion
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1927 had 16 teams in the final, this started the phrasing of which term
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Sweet Sixteen
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Who was the leading scorer for Martinsville in the '27 finals?
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John Wooden
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Which player shot behind the center line with 30 seconds to go that ultimately won the state game for Muncie Central
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Charles Secrist
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Indiana High School all-time leading scorer with 3,134 points (3pt era)
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Damon Bailey
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What high school did Bailey attend? Year?
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Bedford North Lawrence, 1990
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Indiana High School lead scorer during 2 pt era with 3,019 pts? High school?
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Marion Pierce, Lewisville
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Largest Gym in Indiana...9,314
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New Castle
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Second Largest Gym in Indiana...8998
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Anderson
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Most Wins by a Boys' Coach?
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Jack Butler, 806
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Most Wins by a Girls' Coach?
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Donna Cheatam
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First Player/Coach to win state championship
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Burl Friddle
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Significance of Dave Dejernett
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first black player to play on a state championship team
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Reason for the third official?
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watch the clock
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Who hit a half court shot for New Castle in 1930 Finals
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Billy Thoman
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What was the controversy during the 1930 state championship?
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half court shot at the gun
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T or F the basket counted in 1930
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True
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1935 was the last year for what?
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sectional, regional, state final format
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New state tournament format:
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sectional, regional, semi-state, state
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Franklin won its 3rd straight tournament under Coach
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Everett Case
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1936 was the last year for what rule?
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Jump Ball after each basket
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Coach Everett Case went from Frankfort to which University?
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NC State
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Frankfort was 26-1-1 in 1936, why?
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2OT tie agreement
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George Crowe was the first?
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Mr. Basketball
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T or F First Mr. Baskeball was white
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false
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What two coaches coached all of IU's national championships?
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McCracken and Knight
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What years has IU won National Championships?
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1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987
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Axis Powers
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Germany, Italy, Japan
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An offical laced basketball can be bought for how much?
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2.50
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Coached the 1941 State Champion at Washington and later coached at Purdue
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1941
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Because of WWII the statte finals were played where?
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Indianapolis Colliseum
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1943 was the first year for what?
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parochial, black, and insitutional schools
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The all star team during WWII was picke when?
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45 years later
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The gimbel award was changed to the IHSAA medal in 1943 then changed to what two years later
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1945
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Shelbyville defeated Garfiel in the 1947 state tourney, who was their star player who later won Mr. Basketball
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Bill Garret
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Where did Bill Garret play college ball?
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Indiana University
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Where did Bill Garret later coach?
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Crispus Attucks
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1948 final what did Jeffersonville Coach Ed Denton do that was controversial
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took 17 timeouts and sent starters home early
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1950 was the first what?
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televised final four game
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What happened at the end of the 1950 game to Marion
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ball appeared to go through net when it fell short
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What was the most amount of overtimes. *Swayzee 1964*
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9
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The Sheppard family was a legacy at what high school?
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Carmel
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How many sons did Bill Sheppard Have?
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3
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1951 was the first time what happened at Hinkle
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Televised game
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Which Crispus Attucks player was the first to win the trester award
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Bob Jewell
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What were the names of the twins for Terre Haute Gertsmeyer?
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Harley and Arley
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What was the controversy with Arley and the Championship game
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he fouled out with 4 fouls
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What numbers did the twins wear?
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34 and 43
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The 1954 movie was the inspiration for what?
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Hoosiers
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Who hit the game winning shot for milan in '54?
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Bob Plump
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What was significant about Crispus Attucks in 1954
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First Indy school and black school to win the state
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What was the only team Crispus Attucks lost to by one point? hint: freezing gym
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Connersville
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Who coached the Crispus Attucks team in 1956?
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Ray Crowe
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Name 5. things unique about Oscar Robertson
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NBA, Mr. Basketball, NBA Championship, Leading Scorer in NCAA and NBA, Olympic Gold medalist
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This player was Mr. Basketball in 1957, won Mr. Basketball, and went to Fordham
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John Coalman
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1959 Crispus Attucks (Bill Garret Coached) beat a team led by Kokomo star and IU legend
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Jimmy Rayl
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What idiotic move did the Muncie Central coach do in 1960 that cost them the title?
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Left starters in the afternoon game
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How many muncie players from the 1960 team played in the NBA
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3
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Two sets of twins have won the trester..who are they?
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VanArsdales and McGlocklins
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1962 was considered the most balanced final four ever. why?
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4 former state champs
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Name the 4 teams in the 1962 final four
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Bosse, East Chicago, Kokomo, Madison
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What was significant about the state championship games from 1930-1990?
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All were sold out
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Bosse head coach Jim Meyers was the first to do what?
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Win the mental attitude award and state championship
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What did Mike Weaver sell??
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popcorn
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1966 Bulter Field house changed its name to
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Hinkle
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What team had been to the final four times but had not won
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Indianapolis Tech
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Name keywords in the story with michigan city coach Doug Adams
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retired, principal, teachers strike, coached, 1985
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What was significant about Evansville North
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won their first state title and sectional in the same year
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1968 and 1922 were similar because
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had same numbr of tourney teams
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What year had the most tourney entries
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1938
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How many quarters can a high school player play a night?
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5
