HOOP HISTORIANS NEWS Committed to promoting goodwill for Volume # 92 – May, 2015

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF FACTS & FIGURES ABOUT HOOP HISTORIANS BASKETBALL EXCELLENCE THE HOOP HISTORIANS PHOTO GALLERY

Send your pictures to: Enquiring minds want to know: So [email protected] just exactly who are these merry men (and women) of mirth that grace the landscape of the Final Four each year? The Hoop

ABOVE: Friend of the Hoop Historians Historians are a group of individuals Howard Garfinkel founded the Five Star that have a wide range of basketball Basketball Camp in 1966. backgrounds. The group includes former and present coaches, Now in its 50th year of service, the officials and supporters of the Five Star Basketball Camps have game. The group’s alliance with been revered as the world’s finest attending the Final Four dates back and uses the moniker of “where the Hoop Historians Jim Harrick and Cal Dilworth to the 1960’s, but the group has have combined for more than 100 years of teaching never stops”. Started in service to the game of basketball collectively met annually at the Final 1966 by Friend of the Hoop Four site since the early 1990’s. Historians Howard Garfinkel, the Through their love of the game, they camp has blossomed to a Who’s have been an unofficial goodwill Who of basketball. , ambassador for the sport, by LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Isiah sharing their experiences, renewing Thomas, and Chris old acquaintances, making new Paul are just some of the 500 camp ones, and continuing to promote the alumni that would later play in the game through education and NBA. Garfinkel ran the camps from goodwill. The group currently has 1966 through 2008, and for his 49 full-time members and four contributions to the sport of honorary members. They reside in basketball, he was inducted into the The Hoop Historians always have their eleven different states and two share of fun at the Final Four National Collegiate Basketball Hall countries. Those 49 full-time of Fame in 2014. Camps are run members have been to a collective nationwide in locations in ten 949 Final Fours and 4503 NCAA different states -- and this year the post-season tournament games. At event will expand to California. this year’s Final Four, the group Hoop Historian Vern Vegso, who made donations to the LeGore Unit has coached at the camp every of the Indianapolis Boys and Girls year since 2008, will offer a $25 Club and to the V Foundation. The discount off the regular price at any website www.hoophistorians.com of the regular sessions for this year. chronicles some of the group’s past Jana, Jerome, Cal and Kim enjoy For more information, contact Vern with history, trivia, member this year’s Maui Classic at: [email protected] or visit the biographies and hundreds of Five Star Basketball Camp website pictures from their travels. The at: www.fivestarbasketball.com group has lived up to its motto of FINAL FOUR 2016:

being committed to promoting 5,4,3,2,1 – BLAST OFF

goodwill through basketball.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR SUMMER

Hoop Historians and Friends of the Hoop Historians are ready to have another exciting summer of traveling and spreading goodwill. Send us your story so we can share it with our membership. Send your photos and information to us at:

[email protected]

ABOVE: The Hoop Historians come out in force at the Final Four every year. APRIL 2 & 4, 2016