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The Ultimate Hoosier Hoops Trivia Challenge Basketball is truly the American game, and nowhere is it played with more passion than in the hoops-crazy state of Indiana. Basketball is a state of mind and way of life in Hoosier-land. Did you know the first game ever played outside of its Massachusetts birthplace took place in a Crawfordsville, Indiana YMCA in 1893? Indiana has produced more great basketball legends per capita than any state, from the game's greatest coach John Wooden to arguably the best all-around players ever in Oscar Robertson and Larry Bird. Indiana University is also one of only two schools to win NCAA titles in four different decades.
Now adding to the state's considerable hoop hysteria is The Ultimate Hoosier Hoops Trivia Challenge, which tests fan knowledge of Indiana basketball on all levels (high school, college and pro) from Bird to Damon Bailey, Rick Mount to Reggie Miller, Wooden to Glenn Robinson, Branch McCracken to Bob Knight, Ward Lambert to Gene Keady, Bobby Plump to Jay Edwards, Clyde Lovellette to Kent Benson, Mel Daniels to Rik Smits, ISU to ND and Evansville with much more.
The book is divided into 20 simulated basketball games with 20 questions overall. Each game is divided into two halves of 20 multiple choice questions covering all aspects of Hoosier hysteria. Every half is devoted to a specific Indiana basketball topic like Hoosier Head Honchos, Buzzer Beaters, Hoosier Deadeyes, The State vs. Indiana, Olympian Hoosiers, Hoosiers in the Pros, Hoosier Hometowns, Purdue, Notre Dame, Pacer Power and many more.
Each half consists of 20 questions-four layup/dunks, four free throws, eight jump shots and four three-pointers. The layup/dunks are the easiest type of question/shot (as in real basketball) and have just two answer choices. The free throws are a little harder with three options, while the jumpers are even harder with four choices. The three-pointers, as in actual hoops, are the most difficult, with five choices. As in real hoops, two points are awarded for layup/ dunk and jump shot questions answered correctly, one point for free throws and three for each three-point question gotten right. In addition, an overtime fill in the blank question is given at the end of each game. Points are accumulated at the end of every game and assessed against an opponent or a score rating scale. The game can thus be played alone or one on one.Take this shortened preview sample quiz: (answers below, 16 points possible)
Dunk-What high school eliminated freshman
sensation Damon Bailey at the 1987 semi-state en route to an
unprecedented,orecedented third straight state title ?
A) Anderson B)Marion
Free throw-What team won the 1940 Big 10 title but bypassed
its NCAA invitation, allowing second-place Indiana to go instead and
win their first national crown?
A)Purdue B) Illinois C) Michigan
Jumper-What Pacer guard led the ABA in assists in its final season and
then topped the NBA in assists the following season after the merger?
A) Freddie Lewis B) Billy Keller C) Don Buse D) Donnie Freeman
3-pointer-What Notre Dame player was a member of the 1980 U. S.
Olympic team?
A) Bill Laimbeer B) Adrian Dantley C) Kelly Tripucka D)Bill Hanzlik E) John Paxson
Overtime-Name the record eight players from the 31-1 1974-75 Indiana University team that went on to to play in the pros (1 point each).
Author Cort Reynolds was born in Bloomington, Indiana and raised with Hoosier hoops in his blood. He has been a player, college sports information director, sports editor, coach and hoops writer. As a sixth grader he made 55 of 56 free throws in gym class and his total recall memory and love of games have been combined in this book for casual fans and Hoosier hoop fanatics. He graduated with honors from Ohio Northern University in the late 1980s with degrees in English/writing and philosophy. Reynolds is finishing similar trivia game books on Sherlock Holmes and baseball. He publishes his own college/ pro basketball newsletter called Cort's Court Report and is also completing a book on basketball history.
Quiz answers:
Dunk: B. Marion, led by Jay Edwards & Lyndon Jones, was Indiana s state champ in 1985-86-87.
FT: A. Purdue (10-2) won the Big l0 but Indiana (9-3) swept the Boilers and went instead. Purdue didn t make its first NCAA appearance until 1969, when they lost to UCLA in the final.
Jumper: C. Former Pacer and Evansville grad Don Buse led the ABA 1976 with 8.2 assists a game and topped the NBA in 1977 with 8.5 per contest.
3-pointer: D. Bill Hanzlik, a 6-7 defensive specialist, was a member of the 1980 Olympic team that boycotted the Olympics. Isiah Thomas was also on the team coached by Dave Cavitt.
Overtime: Kent Benson, Scott Mav Tom Abernethy, Bob Wilkerson, Quinn Buckner, Wayne Radford, Steve Green, John Laskowski. A ninth player left the team in pre-season (Larry Bird).
Scoring scale: 16 points-AIl time Hoosier Mr. Basketball; 15-Hoosier Hall of Fame; 14-AII-Pro; 13-AII Star: 12-Pacer starter; 11-Pacer 6th man; 1O-Hoosier college starter; 9-Hoosier college reserve, 8-Hoosier high school starter, 7-Hoosier high school 6th man; 6-Hoosier JVer, 5-Hoosier freshman; 4-Hoosier junior high starter; 3-Hoosier biddy baller; 2-Hoosier cut; 1-pulled groin in tryouts; 0-try major league soccer.
Expert testimonial: Bob Hammel, legendary Hoosier sportswriter: The Ultimate Hoosier Hoops Trivia Challenge "is a book to consider for Christmas buying written by a real Hoosier fan."
