Cowboy up
Subtitle: Kenny Sailors, the jump shot and Wyoming's championship basketball history
By: Ryan Thorburn
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Burning Daylight
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Fort Collins, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780984652303
Subjects: Basketball; Contributions in basketball; Basketball coaches; Shooting; Wyoming Cowboys (Basketball team); Basketball players; University of Wyoming; History
Other titles: Kenny Sailors, the jump shot and Wyoming's championship basketball history
Description: "As the dark clouds of World War II loom on the horizon, an American original named Kenny Sailors captures the attention of the country and leads the University of Wyoming basketball program on an astonishing run to the NCAA championship. Sailors, pioneer of the modern jump shot, took New York's Madison Square Garden by storm while leading the Cowboys to a national championship. Before the confetti was cleaned up, the All-American was off to war. The Wyoming treasure would return to campus in Laramie and later became one of the NBA's early stars. [This work] weaves the brilliant tapestry of Wyoming's rich hoops history--from the program's original championship team of the 1930s to high-soaring Flynn Robinson and the dazzling Fennis Dembo--around Sailors's remarkable story"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-143).
Table of contents: title: Pokes have always been dazzling; title: Hell's Half Acre to MSG; title: Wyoming vs. the world; title: The father of Wyoming basketball; title: Strannigan and the soaring '60s; title: Black pioneers opened the door; title: The jump shot is born; title: The mythical Cowboy; title: Photo section; title: Built for the Final Four; title: The "Dazzling" Dembo days; title: The dome of doom; title: "I still get cold shivers"; title: Shyatt happens... again; title: Shining star of a storied program; title: Sources.