Hoops in Connecticut the Nutmeg State's passion for basketball
(2011)

Nonfiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : The History Press : Made available through hoopla, 2011
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781614238478 (electronic bk.) MWT11509048, 1614238472 (electronic bk.) 11509048
LANGUAGE
English
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Home to both the University of Connecticut's men's and women's NCAA championship teams as well as the Connecticut Sun WNBA team, this small state has made a name for itself in basketball. Infatuation with the sport started here in 1896 with the first intercollegiate game between Yale and Wesleyan Universities. The roster of Connecticut's round ball greats includes Naismith Hall-of-Famer Calvin Murphy; NBA stars Vin Baker, Marcus Camby, Charles Smith, the late John Williamson, Johnny Egan and John Bagley; and Harlem Globetrotter Alvin Clinkscales. Award-winning sportswriter Don Harrison wows fans with stories of the Nutmeg State's most notable players and coaches through personal interviews and firsthand accounts

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