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successfully appealed the decision as the players had sought guidance prior to appearing in the event. Brown joined the
Hoosiers for the season and quickly established himself as a scoring threat, averaging 14.8 points in the team's first 12 games and leading the team in scoring in Big Ten contests.
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championships in the 1952–53 and 1953–54 seasons. In 1954, the team advanced to the
Illinois state finals as the first all-black team to compete "downstate." Locally dubbed the "Wonder Five," the team lost the championship game 72–70 to
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Lumpkin played with their former DuSable teammates in an amateur AAU tournament in April. This violated a
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481:"DuSable's '54 squad — another Chicago machine"
863:"Robertson leads All-American basketball team"
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581:"Hardwood stars may be banned"
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954:Categories
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548:The Times
347:jump shot
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