The Ultimate Book of March Madness
Title | The Ultimate Book of March Madness PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Hager |
Publisher | |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2012-10-21 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0760343233 |
The Ultimate Book of March Madness explores the stories behind each NCAA basketball tournament and highlights the 100 greatest games in tournament history.
When March Went Mad
Title | When March Went Mad PDF eBook |
Author | Seth Davis |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2009-03-03 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0805088105 |
Davis recounts the dramatic story of how two legendary players--Earvin Magic Johnson and Larry Bird--burst on the scene in a 1979 NCAA championship that gave birth to modern basketball.
How March Became Madness
Title | How March Became Madness PDF eBook |
Author | Eddie Einhorn |
Publisher | Triumph Books (IL) |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Basketball |
ISBN | 9781572438095 |
Presents a look at how the NCAA basketball tournament became one of the most popular sporting events in America, providing the first-hand accounts of some of the sports greatest players and coaches.
Bracketology
Title | Bracketology PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Lunardi |
Publisher | Triumph Books |
Pages | 183 |
Release | 2021-03-02 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1641255803 |
Lunardi delves into the early days of Bracketology, details its growth, and dispels the myths of the process The NCAA Tournament has become one of the most popular sports events in the country, consuming fans for weeks with the run to the Final Four and ultimately the crowning of the champion of college hoops.? Each March, millions of Americans fill out their bracket in the hopes of correctly predicting the future. Yet, there is no true Madness without the oft-debated question about what teams should be seeded where—from the Power-5 Blue Blood with some early season stumbles on their resume to the mid-major that rampaged through their less competitive conference season—and the inventor of Bracketology himself, Joe Lunardi, now reveals the mystery and science behind the legend. While going in depth on his ever-evolving predictive formula, Lunardi compares great teams from different eras with intriguing results, talks to the biggest names in college basketball about their perception of Bracketology (both good and bad), and looks ahead to the future of the sport and how Bracketology will help shape the conversation. This fascinating book is a must-read for college hoops fans and anyone who has aspired to win their yearly office pool.
A March to Madness
Title | A March to Madness PDF eBook |
Author | John Feinstein |
Publisher | Little, Brown |
Pages | 537 |
Release | 2014-05-27 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0316378089 |
It's the book in which America's favorite sportswriter returns to the arena of his most successful bestseller, A Season on the Brink. It's the book that takes us inside the intensely competitive Atlantic Coast Conference & paints a portrait of how college baskettball is coached & played at the highest level. It's the book that takes us onto the courts, into the locker rooms, & inside the high-pressure world of the talented coaches who have helped make the ACC's nine colleges - Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Maryland, Wake Forest, & Florida State - world-renowned for their championship basketball teams. The author's afterword to this edition will recap the ACC's current season & preview the 1998-99 rivalries.
Madness
Title | Madness PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Mehler |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2018-02-13 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1613219946 |
The annual NCAA Basketball Tournament, which has become known as “March Madness” has emerged as a major sports event, matched only by the Super Bowl and the Olympics. In Madness, Mark Mehler and Charles Paikert tell the stories behind the ten most compelling and memorable championship games in tournament history, from North Carolina’s triple-overtime victory over Wilt Chamberlain’s Kansas Wildcats in 1957 to Duke’s heart stopping victory over underdog Butler in 2010. As a bonus, five more games that just missed the cut are also examined. Madness goes beyond the games to tell the the backstories of these classics, each entirely unique unto itself. For example, Jim Valvano taking his impossible dream of a national title and making it come true for the 1983 North Carolina State Wolfpack; Rollie Massimino turning spaghetti and clam sauce into inspiration for his underachieving 1985 Villanova team; and Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, breaking down in tears while taking a Broadway curtain call in front of a wildly-applauding audience who two hours earlier didn't know who these two guys were decades after their head-to-head matchup in 1979. Some of these stories also resonate far beyond the basketball court, including the 1966 triumph by the Texas Western Miners, which helped chisel away the college basketball color line and stamped their victory as "Glory Road." Over sixty years of college basketball history is brought to life in this must-have for all basketball fans.
The Final Four
Title | The Final Four PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Volponi |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2013-01-10 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0142423858 |
"Volponi, a multiple award-winning author, keeps the tension high from the first to last page ...The Final Four is definitely a winner." —VOYA, starred review March Madness is in full swing, and there are only four teams let in the NCAA basketball championship. The heavily favored Michigan Spartans and the underdog Troy Trojans meet in the first game in the seminfinals, and it's there that the fates of Malcolm, Roko, Crispin, and M.J. intertwine. As the last moments tick down on the game clock, you'll learn how each player went from being a kid who loves to shoot hoops to a powerful force in one of the most important games of the year. Which team will leave the Superdome victorious? In the end it will come down to who has the most skill, the most drive, and the most heart. "Volponi nails it when it counts in this dynamic story." —Booklist, starred review "Volponi adroitly renders authentic and inspired basketball action." —The New York Times Book Review