In this Book
- The Road to Madness: How the 1973-1974 Season Transformed College Basketball
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
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.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- List of Illustrations
- pp. vii-viii
- Prologue. The Target
- pp. 1-4
- 1. On the Road to 105
- pp. 5-24
- 3. Winning Shots in the Heartland
- pp. 47-71
- 4. The Growth of the NCAA Tournament
- pp. 72-89
- 5. Bracketology 1974
- pp. 90-107
- 6. The Precarious Road to the Final Four
- pp. 108-118
- 7. The Battle of Greensboro
- pp. 119-140
- 8. Creating March Madness—Inadvertently
- pp. 141-148
- Essay on Sources
- pp. 149-150
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469630250
Related ISBN(s)
9781469630236, 9781469630243, 9781469668840, 9798890851932
MARC Record
OCLC
965157698
Pages
184
Launched on MUSE
2016-12-06
Language
English
Open Access
No