Musings of Hoopster

The week between Christmas and New Years is always a busy time for high school basketball teams on both the girls and boys side. It used to be mostly the Hall of Fame tournament held each year featuring eight of [More]

The girls high school basketball season is in full swing here in Indiana with now three full weeks of games under our belts. And as we all begin Thanksgiving week, the boys’ hoops season commences and for the next four [More]

Musings Of A Hoopster by Shawn Martin June 4, 2022 Schools out, vacations are on the calendar for many families, and high school basketball switches gears for a month from mostly travel teams to school teams during the summer open [More]

Musings of a Hoopster By Shawn Martin ExcelHSports FIVE CLASS PROPOSAL A group of high school athletic directors in Indiana is considering a proposal to move to a five-class system in several sports, mainly to alleviate enrollment discrepancies, especially in [More]

Musings of a Hoopster Shawn Martin ExcelHSports Columnist      Last week the Purdue Men’s Basketball team ascended to a place no other Boilermaker Men’s squad had ever done – to the very top of the National Rankings.  That lasted [More]

This Musings Of A Hoopster episode look at some of the Christmas and Holiday Boy’s and Girl’s Basketball Tournaments in the state of Indiana. Shawn Martin looks at some of them. The Wabash School Corporation Wabash Valley Classic’s final two [More]

Martin has a long history in Indiana High School Basketball circles having been a member of some very successful coaching staffs that have won 12 Sectionals, four Regionals, four Semi-States, and three State Championships by Shawn Martin Hello basketball fans. [More]