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Hoosier Hysteria News
October 2015  |  Issue: LVIII

Board of Directors

Executive Director
Marty Johnson

Associate Executive
Director/Chief
Operating Officer

Tom Beach

Executive Director Emeritus
Steve Witty

President
Michael Adams

President-Elect
Kaley May

Assistant Director
Lisa Finn

Assistant Director
Kristi Sigler

Assistant Director
Renee Turpa

All-Star Games Director
Mike Broughton

Junior All-Star Director
Beth DeVinney

Junior All-Star
Selections (boys)

Brandon Ramsey

Junior All-Star
Selections (girls)

Brandon Bradley

Futures Games Director
Bill Zych

All-Star Shootout Director
Todd Howard

All-State Selections (boys)
David Wood

All-State Selections (girls)
Doug Springer

Player/Team of the Week (boys)
Kip Staggs

Player/Team of the Week (girls)
Debbie Smiley

Director of
Special Projects

Pat McKee

Website Coordinator
Gene Milner


District Representatives:

District I
Phil Brackmann
Fort Wayne Concordia

Jordan Heckard
LaPorte

Will Coatie
Elkhart

Carrie Shappell
Leo

Kelly Kratz
Valparaiso

Lenny Krebs
Warsaw

District II
Mark Detweiler
Delta

Rich Schelsky
Parke Heritage

Andy Weaver
Plainfield

Mickey Hosier
Alexandria

Lisa Finn
Indianapolis Cathedral

Brian Satterfield
Hamilton Southeastern

District III
Paul Ferguson
Columbus North

Todd Woelfle
Terre Haute North

Fonso White
Floyd Central

Jason Simpson
Greensburg

Kyle Brasher
Gibson Southern

Mark Hurt
Mooresville


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From The Coaches’ Box By Mike Hackett
Welcome to the 2015-16 Indiana high school basketball campaign. We hope that your school year is off to a great start and your preseason workouts are in the process of preparing you for the upcoming season.
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From the Executive Director By Steve Witty
I would hope everyone has gotten the school year off to a good start and is busy preparing for another exciting season of “Hoosier Hysteria.”
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Indiana High School Basketball Record Book Ready By Gene Milner
The Basketball Record Book has statistics on nearly every high school in the state of Indiana—400-plus schools.
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Join the IBCA  
In order for a player from your school to be eligible for selection to an IBCA All-State Team, the IBCA Academic All-State Team or to win a Marion Crawley, Junior Mannies or Pat Aikman scholarship award, you must be a current-year-member of the IBCA.
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IBCA All-State teams for 2015-16  
The IBCA generally received positive feedback from a modified set of All-State Teams that was used for the first time last season. The same groups of honorees will be chosen for Senior Boys, Underclass Boys, Senior Girls and Underclass Girls in 2015-16
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Indiana-Kentucky Challenge Cup  
The third Challenge Cup will be Jan. 9 at Frankfort Civic Center in Frankfort, Ky. Teams representing Indiana are Columbus North (girls), Wood Memorial, Forest Park, Jay County and New Albany.
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January is ‘Coaches vs. Cancer’ month  
In the first eight years of this initiative, boys’ and girls’ coaches across Indiana raised more than $750,000. In 2014-15 coaches, teams and communities that reported raised more than $78,000. That brings the eight-year reported total from Indiana basketball coaches to $758,690.
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2015-16 New Coaches  
From the beginning of last season through September 2015, 164 people have been hired as new varsity basketball coaches in Indiana high schools -- 65 to boys’ basketball positions and 99 to girls’ basketball positions -- for the 2015-16 season.
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Reminder: NCAA academic requirements for Class of 2016 and beyond  
The NCAA has released an SAT/ACT sliding scale that corresponds with the increased GPA requirements for the class of 2016 and beyond. Any current high school student-athlete who is even remotely considering the possibility of playing a sport in college needs to pay attention.
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All-Star Report By Charlie Hall
The 2015 All-Star crowd at Bankers Life Fieldhouse was our largest in the last 10 years at 6,533. The Indiana All-Stars won all four games with Kentucky.
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Information on insurance coverage provided by the IBCA  
As a membership benefit, coverage is provided by the Commercial General Liability Policy issued to the National Organization of Coaches Association Directors. This policy will protect the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association and its active members who are high school coaches, junior high coaches or elementary coaches from claims made by negligent acts accidentally committed resulting in bodily injury, personal and advertising injury or property damage to others.
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Please support IBCA corporate partners  
The IBCA would like to thank all of its corporate partners for their support of our professional organization. These partnerships have made it possible to increase the scholarship amounts for deserving student-athletes and to add various other functions for coaches and athletes while maintaining our membership dues at the same rate for a number of years.
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Pacers Sports & Entertainment sponsorship  
The IBCA thanks Pacers Sports & Entertainment for its continued support of our organization. This would not be possible without the help of Jim Morris, Rick Fuson and Quinn Buckner.


Top 100 Showcase recap  
Some of the top players with returning high school eligibility in the state participated in the 13th annual Boys' and Girls' Top 100 Showcase events.
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2016 Clinic dates set  
The IBCA announces the 2016 IBCA Clinic dates as April 22 & 23, 2016. Plus pictures from the 2015 Clinic and 2016 Clinic registration form
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Junior Mannies / Marion Crawley / Pat Aikman Scholarship info  
The IBCA offers financial support for the families of selected IBCA scholarship winners in the amount of $750 for each award winner.
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NFHS Coach of the Year nominees  
Bryan Hughes of Barr-Reeve and Pat McKee of Columbus North have been chosen as Indiana’s nominees for the National Federation of State High School Associations national basketball coaches of the year.
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2014-15 Championship Coaches  
Congratulations to the 2015 state championship coaches.
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NFHS rule changes for 2015-16  
The rule prohibiting excessive contact in high school basketball has been expanded to include all ball-handlers on the court, include post players.
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IBCA/Subway Player of the Week program  
About 100 high school boys and girls will have the opportunity to win IBCA/Subway Player of the Week recognition in 2015-16. This is the eighth season of IBCA Player of the Week Awards.
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Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame report By Chris May
As the season approaches, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame wishes each of you the best in the 2015-16 season.
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46th year of Hoosier Basketball Magazine By Garry Donna
This fall Hoosier Basketball Magazine will publish its 46th annual issue. As usual, this 304-page publication will be a comprehensive survey of all high school basketball in Indiana (both boys and girls).
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Hoosier Basketball Magazine hosts annual Top 60 Senior Workouts By Garry Donna
Sixty of Indiana’s best senior boys as well as 60 of Indiana’s best senior girls high school players will be invited to participate in Hoosier Basketball Magazine’s 2016 Top 60 Senior Workouts held in conjunction with the IHSAA and the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association.
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28th annual North/South Indiana All-Star Classic By Garry Donna
Hoosier Basketball Magazine announces that the 28th annual North/South Indiana All-Star Classic, Indiana’s only state-wide all-star series, will be Sunday, April 24, 2016, at Vincennes University.
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2016 ‘Hoosiers’ Reunion All-Star Classic By Garry Donna
The Historic HOOSIER GYM Committee of Knightstown, Ind., in conjunction with Hoosier Basketball Magazine and Pacesetter Sports of Terre Haute, will host the 11th annual “Hoosiers” Reunion All-Star Classic on Friday, June 3, 2016.
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Are you interested in becoming an IBCA district rep?  
Any IBCA member varsity coach of boys' teams or girls’ teams who would like to be a candidate to serve as an IBCA District Representative should forward the following information to Mike Hackett, IBCA President, by Dec. 15, 2015.
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Are you receiving IBCA e-mails? By Gene Milner
Are you having problems not receiving communications from the IBCA?
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2015-16 IBCA Calendar  
2015-2015 IBCA Calendar
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