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By Dr. Rickey L. Harman

For nearly a century the Panhandle & South Plains of Texas has ruled girls’ basketball in the state of Texas. The Panhandle & South Plains of Texas with nine percent of the high schools in Texas has won forty percent of the UIL state championships and played in the state finals nearly sixty percent of the time.

The four universities have been just as dominating. Wayland Baptist University won ten AAU national championships and nine runners-up, holds the national collegiate record with 1,682 victories, and finished as the NAIA Division I national runner-up twice. Texas Tech University boasts an NCAA Division I national championship. West Texas A & M is the only university in Texas with an NCAA Division II national runner-up and has done it twice. Lubbock Christian University is the only university in Texas with an NCAA Division II national championship, and LCU has won two of these championships plus an NAIA Division I runner-up.

In Girls’ Basketball Rules, author Dr. Rickey L. Harman gives a history of the Panhandle & South Plains of Texas girls’ basketball from 1930 to 2020. He spotlights many of the great coaches, teams, and players who have made the Panhandle & South Plains area number one in girls’ basketball in the state of Texas.

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