From Six-On-Six to Full Court Press: A Century of Iowa Girls' Basketball »

From Six-on-Six to Full Court Press is the first complete history of Iowa girls' basketball. The product of exhaustive research, this work is based on many sources, including hundreds of interviews with players and their parents, coaches and officials, media personalities, and school administrators.

Foreword     vi
Acknowledgments     viii
Preface     x
Introduction     xiii
Bloomers and Basketball, 1893-1919     3
The First Tournaments, the First Champions, 1920-1934     26
Small Town Teams Win Big-time Support, 1935-1949     47
From Prime Time TV to Title IX, 1950-1972     76
Divided Court to Full Court Play, 1973-1993     99
State Tournament     124
Women's Basketball: College Ball, Business and Industry Teams, AAU Ball, and International Competition     149
Cheers to Girls' Basketball     168
More than Money: The Significance of Girls' Basketball for Players and Community     178
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union: A Million Dollar Operation     189
Appendixes
Golden Plaque of Distinction to the Superlative Iowa Coach     202
Iowa Girls' Basketball Hall of Fame Members     203
Season Scoring Records-Six-Player     206
Season Scoring Records-Five-Player     206
Career Scoring Records-Six-Player     206
Career Scoring Records-Five-Player     206
State Tournament Single Game High Scorers-Six-Player     207
State Tournament Single Game High Scorers-Five-Player     207
Iowans Selected to 1935-1993 AAU and Kodak All-American Teams     208
Notes     210
Index     219