Note: IU Athletics is partnering with IU Press to share chapters from some of their recently-published books on IU Sports. The following is a chapter from Jason Hiner's book, Mac's Boys: Branch McCracken and the Legendary 1953 Hurryin' Hoosiers, published by IU Press in 2006. The second-half of this chapter will appear tomorrow on IUHoosiers.com. Additional details about this book can be found here.
To those who may be about to watch their first collegiate basketball season, we must explain at this time that the term "Hurryin' Hoosiers" means a McCracken-driven jet machine powered by 10 legs, steered by 10 keen eyes, and motivated by the desire of 5 fighting hearts to dethrone the University of Illinois.