Where the Game Matters Most - A Last Championship Season in Indiana High School Basketball (Hardcover, New)

In 1997 Indiana crowned its last all-state champion, marking the end of an eighty-seven-year-old Hoosier tradition. Despite public outcry, the statewide tournament has been replaced by four divisional tournaments based on school size. Small-school teams no longer will have the chance to compete against big-school Goliaths for the state title.

Where the Game Matters Most captures the passion and the personalities, the triumphs and the heartbreak of this final all-comers season. Through the most intense basketball season in Indiana history, William Gildea follows four teams: the Anderson Indians, whose coach had just returned to the job after a liver transplant; a much-praised team from Batesville, a school of only 589 students; DeKalb, featuring the brilliant senior Luke Recker, recruited for Indiana U. while still a sophomore; and Merrillville, a perennial contender that was runner-up in the 1995 tournament. Bringing alive the extraordinary bonds forged among players, coaches, schools, families, and entire towns, Where the Game Matters Most is a compelling evocation of a truly historic championship season.

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