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Making March Madness: The Early Years of the Ncaa, Nit, and College Basketball Championships, 1922-1951 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781682260333)
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xThroughout the NCAA Tournament's history, underdogs, Cinderella stories, and upsets have captured the attention and imagination of fans. Making March Madness is the story of this premiere tournament, from its early days in Kansas City, to its move to Madison Square Garden, to its surviving a point-shaving scandal in New York and taking its games to different sites across the country.Chad Carlson's analysis places college basketball in historical context and connects it to larger issues in sport and American society, providing fresh insights on a host of topics that readers will find interesting, illuminating, and thought provoking.
Author: Chad Carlson
ISBN-10: 168226033X
ISBN-13: 9781682260333
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2017
Pages: 425
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.30d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2018
By Chad Carlson
xChad Carlson is an associate professor of kinesiology and an assistant men's basketball coach at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. A former college and semiprofessional basketball player, he now teaches and researches selected topics within the fields of sport history, sport philosophy, and sport and religion.
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