Research Catalog

Title

How march became madness : how the NCAA tournament became the greatest sporting event in America / Eddie Einhorn with Ron Rapoport.

Author

Einhorn, Eddie, 1936-

Publication

Chicago : Triumph Books, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

Rapoport, Ron

Description

xii, 266 p. : ill.; 24 cm. +

Summary

Told through the voices of players, coaches, and announcers, accounts the first primetime telecast of a college basketball game, Houston versus UCLA in the Astrodome in 1968, and includes a DVD of the historic game.

Alternative Title

Game that changed college basketball

Subject

NCAA Basketball Tournament > History

Genre/Form

• DVD-Video discs.
• History
• History.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• UCLA, INC -- John Wooden on Building a Dynasty -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Tells about Life at the Top -- Bill Walton: My Battles with John Wooden -- JANUARY 20, 1968 -- Guy Lewis on His Big Idea -- Elvin Hayes:Overcoming Hate and Winning Basketball's Biggest Game -- Dick Enberg on Broadcasting the Game That Made History -- Ted Nance on Putting the Game Together -- Gary Cunningham on Learning from the Master -- Jerry Norman on the Bruins' Revenge -- Lynn Shackelford's View from Beyond the Arc -- Mike Warren: The Role of a Lifetime -- Don Chaney on the Roar of the Crowd -- Mickey Herskowitz: How Houston Became a Basketball Town -- THE BLUEGRASS STATE OF MIND -- Denny Crum: Pulling Up Stakes and Putting Down Roots -- Joe B, Hall on the Mad Genius of Adolph Rupp -- Rick Pitino on Moving from the Hatfields to the McCoys -- Tubby Smith: Breaking the Final Barrier -- Billy Reed on the Best Seat in the House -- The Brotherhood -- Bob Knight Sets the Record Straight --^
• Digger Phelps on the Start of Something Big in South Bend -- John Thompson: Big Men,Big Changes, and the Big East -- Dean Smith on Building Tar Heel Greatness -- Mike Krzyzewski Tells of the Spirit of the Game -- Roy Williams: I'm Not in Kansas Anymore -- Hank Raymonds: Remembering Al McGuire -- Jerry Tarkanian My Battles On and Off the Court -- COMING TO YOU LIVE -- Dick Vitale on Coaching and Calling the Game -- Billy Packer: How the NCAA Tournament Became the Greatest Show on Earth -- Jim Nantz on His Shining Moments -- Al Michaels: The Education of a Sportscaster -- Rod Hundley Spinning the Ball and Spinning Tales -- John Ferguson on the Legend of Pete Maravich -- THE NETWORKS-TVS AND BEYOND -- Alan Lubell on Lining up Stations, and Advertisers, One at a Time -- Chris Zoulamis on Putting the Pieces Together -- Howard Zuckerman and Phil Olsman: The TVS Circus Comes to Town -- John Crowe on the Birth of the TV Timeout -- Irving Waugh: The Role of the Station Manager --^
• Chet Simmons Traces the Rise of Sports on Television -- Neal Pilson on NBC's Big Mistake-and CBS Big Break -- Sean MeManus on Keeping Up with the Growth of the Tournament -- THE STEWARDS OF THE GAME -- Wayne Duke on the Indispensable Man -- Tom Jernstedt: Basketball's Journey Around the World -- Jim Host: Four Million Basketballs and a Pizza -- Chuck Neinas on the Expansion of the NCAA Tournament -- Dick Schultz: College Basketball Becom es a Billionaire -- Dave Gavitt on the Big Idea That Was the Big East -- Larry Albus on Why Conference Tournaments Matter -- THE FUTURE -- Pat Summit on Letting Women into the Game -- Myles Brand: The University Presidents Take Control -- David Stern: Where the Colleges and the NBA Meet.

ISBN

• 1572438096
• 9781572438095

LCCN

^^2005054903

OCLC

• 978421993
• SCSB-12442909

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library