Making March Madness

The Early Years of the NCAA, NIT, and College Basketball Championships, 1922-1951

Chad Carlson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

425 Seiten

2017
University of Arkansas Press (Verlag)
978-1-68226-033-3 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.10.2017
Reihe/Serie	Sport, Culture, and Society
Zusatzinfo	18 images
Verlagsort	Fayetteville
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	840 g
Themenwelt	Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-68226-033-X / 168226033X
ISBN-13	978-1-68226-033-3 / 9781682260333
Zustand	Neuware