LEADER 00000cam 2200469Ii 4500 001 ocn312983097 003 OCoLC 005 20160518075247.8 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 090307s2008 nbuaf ob s000 0 eng d 019 317254602|a466441967|a647823814|a815756309 020 9780803220430|q(electronic bk.) 020 080322043X|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)312983097|z(OCoLC)317254602|z(OCoLC)466441967 |z(OCoLC)647823814|z(OCoLC)815756309 040 N$T|beng|epn|erda|cN$T|dOCLCQ|dEBLCP|dIDEBK|dOCLCQ|dMHW |dTUU|dOCLCQ|dDEBSZ|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dE7B|dCDX|dREDDC|dYDXCP |dMERUC|dYKN|dOCLCQ 043 n-us-wv 049 GTKE 050 4 GV885.73.W47|bK874 2008eb 082 04 796.32309754|222 100 1 Kuska, Bob. 245 10 Cinderella ball :|ba look inside small-college basketball in West Virginia /|cBob Kuska. 264 1 Lincoln :|bUniversity of Nebraska Press,|c2008. 300 1 online resource (xx, 289 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates) :|billustrations 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 500 "A Bison original"--Page 4 of cover. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289). 520 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. 588 0 Print version record. 650 0 Basketball|zWest Virginia|xHistory. 650 0 Basketball. 650 7 SPORTS & RECREATION|xBasketball.|2bisacsh 650 7 Basketball.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00828203 651 7 West Virginia.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01205316 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aKuska, Bob.|tCinderella ball.|dLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2008|z0803213921 |z9780803213920|w(DLC) 2008018606|w(OCoLC)221147744 914 ocn312983097 994 93|bGTK
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