“"Basketball fever spreads across Indiana like a virus and The Golden Age of Indiana High School Basketball captures the fever, intensity, and passion of Hoosier Hysteria. Truly, once you pick up the book you will not want to put it down. The memories come fast and furious and for a moment you want to go back and replay it all again." -Roger Dickinson, Executive Director, Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
The years 1950–1959 marked the time when basketball truly became the sport of Indiana. High school basketball bound communities together across the state and interest in the sport rose to a new level. This is a lavishly illustrated tribute to the coaches, players, and fans of this legendary era in Hoosier sport.”
“From the smallest towns to our capital city, The Golden Age of Indiana High School Basketball captures what basketball meant to Hoosier players and fans in the ‘40s and ‘50s. All fans should take this nostalgic journey through a simpler time when basketball was king.”
— Steve Alford
“The reason this book will be a hit, is that it's one of the first books to really explain what the game really means to Hoosiers.—Bob Adams, Berne Tr”
— Weekly News
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