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Loading... A March to Madness: A View from the Floor in the Atlantic Coast Conferenceby John Feinstein
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Feinstein gives us some privileged looks at the lives and thinking of ACC basketball coaches. There are a few interesting tidbits, and he gives us a few good insights into the psyches of individual coaches and what coaching is like at this level. He depends a bit too much on the idea that this "insider information" is fascinating. I found some of it interesting, some I already knew, and some was more detailed than i cared for. The writing is journalistic and appropriate to the subject matter. It's a good book to read in small doses, and of interest to those who want to know more about the men who were coaching in college basketball's top conference in 1997. (  ) Jim53 | Dec 3, 2009 |  Jeff McGinnis was a freshman during Derrick Phelps's Senior year. Derrick Phelps was a "pass-first, shoot-second" player, and Duke's Grant Hill knew that. Hill would give Phelps some space to shoot and said: "Come on, Derrick, shoot the ball" After McGinnis rotated in, Hill gave the Freshman even more room (because he knew the inexperienced point guard wouldn't know what to do with it). Hill was right. McGinnis couldn't hit the shots he took. When Phelps came in for McGinnis, McGinnis said to (his opponent) Hill. "Keep riding Derrick." What a dick move! (  ) dvf1976 | Apr 22, 2008 | shows how march madness came as a tournement (  ) 1ah04gro | Apr 11, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0316277126, Paperback)In terms of work ethic, John Feinstein is the sports equivalent of Stephen King: he's tireless, prolific, and multifaceted. With a past-performance line that includes A Season on the Brink, A Good Walk Spoiled, and A Civil War, he's regularly in the running for his genre's MVP. A March to Madness, which chronicles the 1996-97 Atlantic Coast Conference's ineluctable journey to March Madness, continues his string. Exhaustively reported, and penned with as much poignancy as panache, it's the story of the most competitive college basketball conference in the U.S., filtered through the eyes--and complex lives--of its head coaches. Coaching young in-your-faces is never easy; it's even harder in a pressure cooker such as the ACC, where expectations are enormous, winning is essential, and an NCAA tournament bid is requisite for survival. Feinstein had remarkable access to his high-profile, high-strung subjects, such as Dean Smith, Bobby Cremins, and Mike Krzyzewski, and the drama he records is every bit as fast-paced and stunning as a close Duke-North Carolina game with the final seconds ticking off the clock.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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