Author: Luke DeCock Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library ISBN: 9781410914880 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 56
Book Description
What are greatest teams in college basketball and what made them stand out? Learn statistics about players and the records of unstoppable teams. Discover how players came together to beat their opponents. Read about changes that were constantly being made to keep up with the growing sport. From talented players to dynamic coaches, this book spans 40 years to find the best in college basketball history.
Author: Dana O'Neil Publisher: Ballantine Books ISBN: 0593237951 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 281
Book Description
The definitive, compulsively readable story of the greatest era of the most iconic league in college basketball history—the Big East “This book, full of long-standing rivalries, unmatched moments in the lives of coaches and players, and juicy insider gossip, is, like the game of basketball, a ton of fun.”—Philadelphia magazine The names need no introduction: Thompson and Patrick, Boeheim and the Pearl, and of course Gavitt. And the moments are part of college basketball lore: the Sweater Game, Villanova Beats Georgetown, and Six Overtimes. But this is the story of the Big East Conference that you haven’t heard before—of how the Northeast, once an afterthought, became the epicenter of college basketball. Before the league’s founding, East Coast basketball had crowned just three national champions in forty years, and none since 1954. But in the Big East’s first ten years, five of its teams played for a national championship. The league didn’t merely inherit good teams; it created them. But how did this unlikely group of schools come to dominate college basketball so quickly and completely? Including interviews with more than sixty of the key figures in the conference’s history, The Big East charts the league’s daring beginnings and its incredible rise. It transports fans inside packed arenas to epic wars fought between transcendent players, and behind locker-room doors where combustible coaches battled even more fiercely for a leg up. Started on a handshake and a prayer, the Big East carved an improbable arc in sports history, an ensemble of Catholic schools banding together to not only improve their own stations but rewrite the geographic boundaries of basketball. As former UConn coach Jim Calhoun eloquently put it, “It was Camelot. Camelot with bad language.”
Author: Espn Publisher: Espn Books ISBN: 0345513924 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 1234
Book Description
A comprehensive reference provides historical overviews of all 335 Division 1 teams, season-by-season summaries, ESPN/Sagarin rankings of top-selected college basketball programs, and more.
Author: Billy Packer Publisher: Sporting News ISBN: 9780892043149 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 247
Book Description
Lists and profiles the twenty-five best teams in college basketball, detailing the sport's greatest moments and personalities as well as championships won and lost
Author: Luke DeCock Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library ISBN: 9781410914866 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 54
Book Description
What are greatest teams in hockey and what made them stand out? Learn which players were inducted into the Hall of Fame and the records of unstoppable teams. Discover how players came together to beat their opponents. Read about changes that were constantly being made to keep up with the growing sport. From talented players to dynamic coaches and managers, this book spans almost 50 years to find the best in hockey history.
Author: Brian Howell Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company ISBN: 1614787204 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 50
Book Description
Duke Blue Devils is a beginner's history of the Duke University men's basketball team. Beginning with program's early years, readers will experience the team's highest and lowest moments and meet the key players and legendary coaches who made it happen. Short biographies, fun facts, informative sidebars, and revealing quotes and anecdotes combine with action-packed photographs to enhance the Blue Devils' story, allowing your readers Inside College Basketball! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author: Luke DeCock
Author: Luke DeCock
Author: Dana O'Neil
Author: Joe Giglio
Author: Espn
Author: Billy Packer
Author: Joe Giglio
Author: Luke DeCock
Author: Luke DeCock
Author: Brian Howell