
It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2008 to September 2014, with its chapters collected in 30 tankōbon volumes.

#Kokono no basket series
He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970.Kuroko's Basketball ( Japanese: 黒子のバスケ, Hepburn: Kuroko no Basuke) is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. Walter won the NCAA’s 440-yard race as a junior. As a sophomore, he was second in the conference in scoring and was named team captain as a senior. Also a track star, played both sports at Northwestern. He also was awarded the Gimbel prize for mental attitude. Walter played four seasons for Kokomo, earning all-state honors as a junior in 1925 as Kokomo was state runner-up. Russell “Rut” Walter – Walter was Kokomo’s first star player and considered on the state’s best all-round athletes of the 1920s. Schwartz was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995. He went on to play at Indiana, where he started a center for three seasons and averaged 5.8 points. For his four-year high school career, Schwartz averaged more than 12 points per game and led Kokomo to a 22-4 record and North Central Conference title in back-to-back seasons. Kokomo lost in the semistate by one point to Huntington in 1945. Basketball in 1945 after helping the Wildkats to a state runner-up finish in 1944. Tom Schwartz – The 6-5 Schwartz starred in basketball, football, track and golf at Kokomo. Hogan averaged 4.8 points as a junior and 4.7 points per game as a senior. He was team captain as a senior in 1991-92 and helped trigger a turnaround to a second-place finish in the Southeastern Conference’s East Division and 19 wins. Hogan went on to play at the University of Florida, where he set a school record with 120 3-pointers. He led Kokomo to a 24-3 record and regional championship.

He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.īrian Hogan – The 6-2 Hogan was an Indiana All-Star in 1987-88 as the point guard averaged 14.4 points per game. Hall went on to coach the Kokomo girls to a state championship as a coach.

Hall went on to play at Division II Columbus State (Ga.), where he set a school record for single-game scoring (43 points) in 1979 that stood for several years. Kokomo reached the regional final in 1974, losing to Anderson. He finished his Kokomo career with 1,163 points and averaged 23.7 points per game. He played on two championships teams and retired in 1988 as the CBA’s all-time leading scorer with 8,538 points.Ĭharlie Hall – Hall led the North Central Conference in scoring as a junior and senior in 1972-74. He went on to play eight years in the Continental Basketball Association for the Anchorage Northern Lights, Detroit Spirits and Savannah Spirits. 23 overall pick of the 1979 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. Brown thrived there, averaging 16.1 points and 4.8 rebounds in 81 games over three seasons. After a year of junior college ball at Emmanuel College in Georgia, he was recruited to Georgia Tech. Tico Brown – Brown wasn’t considered a big-time player at Kokomo, though he grew to 6-5 by his senior year of 1974-75 and was also a standout in track and football. He has played professionally overseas since his graduation. He averaged 17.7 points per game for his career at Evansville, including 20.5 points and 4.4 assists per game as a senior in 2015-16 for a 25-win team.

Balentine set the Evansville career scoring record with 2,464 points. He went on to become a star at the University of Evansville, where he led the Missouri Valley Conference in scoring three seasons in a row and was named first-team all-Valley all three seasons. Balentine helped Kokomo to reach the state finals as a junior in 2011. 3 on Kokomo’s all-time scoring list with 1,280 career points. Balentine – The 6-3 Balentine was an Indiana All-Star in 2012 after he averaged 18.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists.
