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References
- IHSAA Boys Basketball State Champions Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
- IHSAA Boys Basketball Most State Championships Archived 2016-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Greg Guffey, The Greatest Basketball Story Ever Told: The Milan Miracle (2003)
- Greg Guffey, The Golden Age of Indiana High School Basketball (2006)
- Zak Keefer, History of our Hysteria: How Indiana fell in love with basketball, IndyStar, March 16, 2014
- Bob Williams, Hoosier Hysteria! (1997)