The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History O'Neil Dana
The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History O'Neil Dana The definitive, compulsively readable story of the greatest era of the most iconic…
Specifikacia The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History O'Neil Dana
The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History O'Neil Dana
The definitive, compulsively readable story of the greatest era of the most iconic league in college basketball history--the Big East "This book, full of long-standing rivalries, unmatched moments in the lives of coaches and players, and juicy insider gossip, is, like the game of basketball, a ton of fun."--Philadelphia magazineThe names need no introduction: Thompson and Patrick, Boeheim and the Pearl, and of course Gavitt. But this is the story of the Big East Conference that you haven't heard before--of how the Northeast, once an afterthought, became the epicenter of college basketball.Before the league's founding, East Coast basketball had crowned just three national champions in forty years, and none since 1954. And the moments are part of college basketball lore: the Sweater Game, Villanova Beats Georgetown, and Six Overtimes.
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