I had posted this on the other forum but since this is evidently the new home for topics, I will re-enter it here.
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One of my hobbies is gleaning old papers for interesting trivia or useful chat-facts. I came across a news item from Feb. 1924 telling about Valparaiso beating Kalamazoo Normal for its 23rd win in a row. Normal eventually became Western Michigan University.
I can't find much on the team overall, although it exists somewhere. I do know they went 24-4 that year under the coaching of William Shadoan, who only coached a couple of years. There was no national tournament at that time. Oddly, the Indianapolis Star promoted a proposal to organize a state collegiate tournament (IU and Purdue would be excluded) ... but nothing ever came of it in any real shape or form.
One win was over Kentucky Wesleyan, which at the time was in Winchester KY before moving to Owensboro. Another was over Eastern Kentucky and another over the Cincinnati International "Y" team. Not every game was reported and my access to older Videttes is limited. I assume they played Chicago and Notre Dame, probably IU and Indiana Normal (Ind. State).
Many of their opponents were schools that still exist under different names. Some no longer have intercollegiate athletics.
Two of the players were Cadwallader and Harris.
Addendum: Valpo U. went into Lutheran hands in 1925. It was in severe financial trouble at the time.
You might be able to get some help from the people at the Christopher Center Library Archives.
@historyman I don't have enough of an agenda on this to do any deep dive. I found it interesting and thought I'd share. The history of basketball in Indiana is a strange mix and those early years, the smaller colleges around the state were as important (or more-so) than IU or Purdue. Top players often stayed closer to home for college. Indiana became basketball-centric in the late 20s after Butler Fieldhouse was built.
