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Making March Madness: The Early Years of the NCAA, NIT, and College Basketball Championships 1922-1951 - Couverture rigide

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Carlson, Chad

 
9781682260333: Making March Madness: The Early Years of the NCAA, NIT, and College Basketball Championships 1922-1951
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ISBN 10 : 168226033X ISBN 13 : 9781682260333
Editeur : University of Arkansas Press, 2017

Synopsis

Throughout 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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Chad 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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Éditeur
University of Arkansas Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
168226033X
ISBN 13 
9781682260333
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
425
Coordonnées du fabricant
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