Minnesota Hoops: Basketball in the North Star State

by Stew Thornley and Marc Hugunin

Book Overview

From 1892 when students of basketball inventor Dr. James A. Naismith brought the game to Minnesota to the latest seasons of the Timberwolves, Lynx, and Golden Gophers, Minnesota Hoops is the definitive history of the state's most-played sport. Marc Hugunin and Stew Thornley travel through the years to offer little-known facts and thrilling stories of the games, the courts, the personalities, and the plays. Sit courtside as center George Mikan...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873515749
• ISBN13: 9780873515740
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.6" x 11.1"