9. Blue Chip Conference - IndianaLarry Bird became a blue chip player over the course of his NBA playing career, from 1979 to 1992. So it makes sense that he played in the Blue Chip Conference. His alma mater, Springs Valley, is no longer in the conference, though. A "blue chip" is defined as "a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield."
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"The Blue Chip Conference was formed in the summer of 1968. The conference schools are comprised of small schools in southwestern Indiana. I think you could consider most all the schools as residing in rural southwestern Indiana. The name was a play on words as they considered themselves Blue Chip in the strictest sense of the word. Most all the schools in the Conference are 1A classification. Over the years schools have dropped out and others added and it has been a competitive conference not only in basketball but nearly all sports with the exception of football and soccer."
- Jack Butcher, winningest coach in Indiana history and Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame member. He coached Loogootee for 45 years, with four unbeaten seasons and seven regional titles to go with a 806-250 record.Schools: South Knox (Vincennes),
Vincennes Rivet (Vincennes),
North Knox (Bicknell),
Wood Memorial (Oakland City),
Barr-Reeve (Montgomery),
Washington Catholic,
Shoals,
Northeast Dubois,
Loogootee.
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