| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 289 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Summary |
For most of the twentieth century, West Virginia was a college basketball hotbed. Its major programs were a success, but perhaps even more successful was the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, composed of fifteen schools that rarely earned headlines but set many records and became an identifiable part of small town culture and a source of state pride. This ethos exists today in small town Kentucky and Indiana but struggles to survive in West Virginia. Part of the reason is the state's population decline since the 1950s. That, author Bob Kuska argues, along with the rise of cabl |
| Notes |
"A Bison original"--Page 4 of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289) |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Basketball -- West Virginia -- History
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Basketball.
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Basketball
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West Virginia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780803220430 |
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080322043X |
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1281958549 |
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9781281958549 |
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9786611958541 |
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6611958541 |
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