Hoop Tales: Texas Longhorns Men's Basketball (Hoop Tales Series) - Softcover

Little, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762743123 ISBN 13: 9780762743124

Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr, 2007

Synopsis

Veteran sportswriter Bill Little takes Texas fans through the highs and lows of Longhorn football in this book of stories, photos, and anecdotes.

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From the Back Cover

Relive Classic Moments in Longhorns Hoops!
Thrilling victories, crushing defeats, comical mishaps, and colorful coaches, players, and fans these are the legendary moments and larger-than-life personalities that have made the Texas Longhorns a college hoops favorite.
In Hoop Tales: Texas Longhorns Men’s Basketball, veteran writer and broadcaster Bill Little shares his favorite memories of this beloved team. Together you’ll relive the highs and lows and become reacquainted with some of the team’s all-time greatest heroes and legends including:
 Slater Martin and the Mighty Mice” team of the 1940s
 The magical, winning ways of legendary Longhorn coach Abe Lemons
 Guards Lance Blanks, Travis Mays, and Joey Wright, aka BMW the   Ultimate Scoring Machine”
 National Player of the Year T. J. Ford and the   Longhorns’ glorious return to   the NCAA Final   Four in 2003

About the Author

Bill Little has been a part of The University of Texas athletics for more than forty years. He joined the Texas Media Relations staff in 1968, after having covered UT football as a student for The Daily Texan and as a sportswriter for the Austin American-Statesman.

Edition details

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0762743123
• ISBN 13: 9780762743124
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 156