Research Catalog

Title

The road to madness : how the 1973-1974 season transformed college basketball / J. Samuel Walker, Randy Roberts.

Author

Walker, J. Samuel

Publication

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors

Roberts, Randy, 1951-

Description

x, 172 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"The NCAA men's basketball tournament is one of the iconic events in American sports. In this fast-paced, in-depth account, J. Samuel Walker and Randy Roberts identify the 1973--74 season as pivotal in the making of this now legendary postseason tournament. In an era when only one team per conference could compete, the dramatic defeat of coach John Wooden's UCLA Bruins by the North Carolina State Wolfpack ended a decade of the Bruins' dominance, fueled unprecedented national attention, and prompted the NCAA to expand the tournament field to a wider range of teams. Walker and Roberts provide a richly detailed chronicle of the games that made the season so memorable and uncover the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that set the stage for the celebrated spectacle that now fixes the nation's attention every March"--Dust jacket flap.

Subject

• NCAA Basketball Tournament > History
• NCAA Basketball Tournament
• Basketball > Tournaments > United States
• Basketball > United States > History
• Basketball
• Basketball > Tournaments
• United States

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-166) and index.

Contents

On the road to 105 -- The ACC's challenge to "you know who" -- Winning shots in the heartland -- The growth of the NCAA Tournament -- Bracketology 1974 -- The precarious road to the Final four -- The battle of Greensboro -- Creating March Madness inadvertently.

ISBN

• 9781469630236
• 1469630230
• 9781469630243 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2016004011

OCLC

• ocn936433319
• 936433319
• SCSB-1871037

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library