Burke H. Scott (born January 12, 1933) was an American

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player and coach. He was starting shooting guard on

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's 1953 championship team and coached at the high school level in his home state of

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. Scott, a 6'0"

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from Tell City High School in

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, played for coach

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from 1952 to 1955. Scott started each of his three varsity seasons at Indiana, and played a key role as a sophomore ball-handler and defensive specialist on the Hoosiers' 1953 national championship team. Scott led the Hoosiers to a second straight

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title the following season. Following his college career, Scott spent approximately two years in the U.S. Army; he coached the

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team to a record of 27-4; losing 3 games to a Ft Leonard Wood-based team which was led by future NBA-great K.C. Jones. Each loss came during the AAU national basketball tournament in Denver. After his Army commitment, Scott returned to Indiana and began his high school teaching & coaching career; he coached the Needmore Hilltoppers, Plainville Midgets, Cascade Comets, Loogootee St. John's Eagles and the Heritage Hills Patriots. His record over his 13-year (High School) Head Coach career: 154-121 (.560); a PAC title and the Wabash Valley Basketball Tourney Burke Scott was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. alongside his two high school coaches; Ivan Hollen & Andy Taff. His college coach,

is also a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

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