Big Ten Basketball, 1943-1972

A professor emeritus of education and American studies at Penn State University, Murry R. Nelson has written histories of the New York Celtics, the American Basketball League, and the National Basketball League, as well as biographies of Bill Russell and Shaquille O’Neal.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments deleteviPrefaceI. Big Ten Basketball BeginningsII. The Old Guard Fights the New PretendersIII. Into the ’50sIV. The Big Ten in the New Age of IkeV. Sticking with Ike and the Traditional PowersVI. Into the ’60s in the Big TenVII. The CoachesVIII. The Big Ten Up for GrabsIX. Michigan Muscles the LeagueX. The 1967 Season: A Year to Forget for the Big TenXI. InsurMOUNTable?XII. The “Run and Gun” ’70sAfterwordAppendix 1: The First African American Players at Each Big Ten UniversityAppendix 2: Big Ten Coaches, 1947–1972Appendix 3: Big Ten Champions, 1943–1972Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“Big Ten fans will appreciate Nelson’s thorough research.... It is the kind of book that die-hard Big Ten loyalists will enjoy, especially because the period covered cannot be found easily on the Internet, making it the only resources on the league’s early years...valuable”—Sport in American History; “Given Nelson’s pioneering work in basketball history, anything he writes will be of interest to basketball historians. Big Ten Basketball is no exception”—Journal of Sport History.