Authors: John Feinstein
ISBN-13: 9780316278423, ISBN-10: 0316278424
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Date Published: November 2001
Edition: Reprint
Like millions who love college basketball, John Feinstein was first drawn to the game because of its intensity, speed and intelligence. Like many others, he felt that the vast sums of money involved in NCAA basketball had turned the sport into a division of the NBA, rather than the beloved amateur sport it once was. He went in search of college basketball played with the passion and integrity it once inspired, and found the Patriot League. As one of the NCAA's smallest leagues, none of these teams leaves college early to join the NBA and none of these coaches gets national recognition or endorsement contracts. The young men on these teams are playing for the love of the sport, of competition and of their schools. John Feinstein spent a season with these players, uncovering the drama of their daily lives and the passions that drive them to commit hundreds of hours to basketball even when there is no chance of a professional future. He offers a look at American sport at its purest.
...makes you care about the little-known players of the Patriot League...you'll be glued to the page...
Introduction | xvii | |
1 | One Shining Moment | 3 |
2 | "Others Will Follow ..." | 13 |
3 | Looking to the Future | 27 |
4 | Beginnings | 44 |
5 | Square One ... Again | 61 |
6 | Let's Talk Money | 71 |
7 | The Champs | 85 |
8 | Starting from the Bottom | 97 |
9 | No Moral Victories | 111 |
10 | Not So Sweet Redemption | 122 |
11 | Building Blocks | 136 |
12 | One More Chance | 146 |
13 | That Light Is a Train | 170 |
14 | No Rest for the Weary | 186 |
15 | Days of Ivy | 197 |
16 | Starting All Over Again | 208 |
17 | Opening Salvos | 221 |
18 | Singing Up a Storm | 235 |
19 | Searching for Respect | 245 |
20 | The Rivalry | 259 |
21 | Getting Tense | 269 |
22 | This Isn't Over | 281 |
23 | Middle of the Pack | 291 |
24 | Farewells | 305 |
25 | Family Feud | 313 |
26 | And the Winner Is ... | 323 |
27 | Three Wins to the Promised Land | 336 |
28 | Uh-Oh, It's Lehigh | 354 |
29 | All or Nothing | 364 |
30 | Worthy Champions | 382 |
Epilogue | 395 | |
Afterword: March 15, 2001 ... Uniondale, N.Y. | 405 | |
Acknowledgments | 421 | |
Index | 427 |