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Rising From the Ashes: The Return of Indiana University Basketball

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Coach Tom Crean has brought the storied Indiana University Hoosiers basketball program back to national prominence by taking an unranked team originally of the 2011 season the entire technique to the 2012 Sweet Sixteen.

Indiana University coach since 2008, the story of Coach Crean’s successful rebuilding is of interest to serious college basketball fans and coaches all over the place. The success of last year’s team and a top ranked incoming class is sure to gain the keen interest of any Hoosiers fan.

The book opens with The Shot by Christian Watford that beat the Kentucky Wildcats to end Indiana’s pre-conference schedule. That victory, over then #1 Kentucky, used to be the point when Hoosiers fans knew their team used to be back. A history of this system from the departure of Bob Knight during the difficult years faced by coach Mike Davis and the controversial years that followed under coach Kelvin Sampson follows.

The book continues with complete coverage of the rebuilding of this system by Coach Tom Crean. Readers then get to relive that entire exciting season through its end. Creator Terry Hutchens then concludes with a take a look at the highly rated incoming class and what the following four years hold for this system.

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