Missing Banners: Indiana Basketball Fans Love Their Five Championship Banners. They Just Wish There Were More. There Could Have Been

Indiana University basketball fans love their five national championship banners that hang so proudly in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. But they also wish there were more. There should have been. "Missing Banners,'' written by award-winning Indiana sports writers Tom Brew and Terry Hutchens, takes a look back at five seasons where Indiana could have won championships, but came up short for one reason or another. The book is filled with dozens of never-before-told stories from magical basketball seasons in 1975, 1980,1993, 2002 and 2013. It spans five decades, so every fan will be remember many of these seasons vividly. The book is also filled with more than five dozen great photos from the past, courtesy of the Archives Department at the Indiana University Library in Bloomington. This book will bring back many great memories for IU fans ... and also plenty of heartache. But through the 302 pages, you'll also see a common thread that runs through these teams, a bond among players and coaches that was unbreakable. They poured blood, sweat and tears into trying to hang a sixth national championship banner at Indiana. They came up short, but still they have great stories to tell.

Tom Brew has been an award-winning sports writer and newspaper editor for more than three decades. He is an Indiana University graduate who was born and raised in Schererville, Indiana. He has worked at the St. Petersburg (Tampa Bay) Times, the Tampa Tribune, Indianapolis Star and South Florida Sun-Sentinel and has covered Indiana basketball and national college basketball as a writer and editor for many years. This is Tom's second book. His first book, a novel called "The Ties That Bind," was released in 2014 to critical acclaim and deals with the perils of gambling addiction among college athletes and best friends. Tom also published a collection of stories in 2012 called "A Season Inside: Lake Central Basketball,'' which covered the final high school season of current NBA player Glenn Robinson III and his Lake Central High School teammates in St. John, Indiana. Tom has three grown children and two granddaughters. He still writes and edits on college sports and also owns a book publishing company. To purchase other books or to inquire about other future projects, contact Tom by e-mail at tombrewsports@gmail.com

Terry Hutchens knows Indiana University basketball. He is beginning his 18th season covering the Hoosiers, the first 15 at the Indianapolis Star. He currently is the content manager for Btownbanners, a free fan site at www.btownbanners.com and does freelance work for the Associated Press out of Indianapolis. This is his seventh book, and sixth on IU sports topics. Five times, Terry has been honored as Indiana's Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. He also teaches sports journalism at Indiana University in Bloomington. Terry and his wife Susan have been married 29 years and live in Indianapolis. They have two grown sons, Bryan and Kevin.