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Branch McCracken
Biographical details
Born
(1908-06-09)June 9, 1908 Monrovia, Indiana, U.S.
Died
June 4, 1970(1970-06-04) (aged 61) Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
1928–1930
Indiana
Position(s)
Center, forward, guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1930–1938
Ball State
1938–1943
Indiana
1946–1965
Indiana
Head coaching record
Overall
450–231
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NCAA tournament (1940, 1953) 4 Big Ten regular season (1953, 1954, 1957, 1958)
Awards
Consensus All-American (1930)
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1960 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
Emmett B. "Branch" McCracken (June 9, 1908 – June 4, 1970) was an American basketball player and coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Ball State University from 1930 to 1938 and at Indiana University Bloomington from 1938 to 1943 and again from 1946 to 1965. McCracken's Indiana Hoosiers teams twice won the NCAA Championship, in 1940 and 1953. McCracken was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1960.
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played collegiately at Indiana University under longtime head coach BranchMcCracken. Selected by the Detroit Pistons in the second round of the 1965 NBA...
basketball program representing Indiana University. The Hoosiers play on BranchMcCracken Court at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on the IU campus. Indiana has won...
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professional contract[citation needed], former Indiana Pacers guard Keith McLeod. During Dakich's tenure, BGSU never made it to the NCAA tournament. Dakich...
a single third place game in the West region. Indiana, coached by BranchMcCracken, won the tournament title with a 60–42 victory in the final game over...
players in the Indianapolis area, including professionals such as George McGinnis, Roger Brown, and Rick Mount. According to Woodson, playing in Indiana...
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original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved January 23, 2010. "Emmett B. "Branch" McCracken". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. CBS Interactive. Archived...
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