Description

In this compelling behind-the-scenes account, a celebrated sportswriter spends the 1985–86 season inside Indiana University’s basketball program, observing the players, coaches, and pressures that shape a storied team. At the center is the volatile, brilliant Bob Knight, whose demanding methods and complicated relationship with the author reveal both the intensity of championship-level competition and the personal costs of leadership. Set during a rebuilding year, the book explores discipline, loyalty, ambition, team dynamics, and the relentless expectations surrounding college athletics. Insightful, candid, and richly reported, it offers an intimate portrait of basketball beyond the public spectacle.

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paperback

Simon & Schuster

Published Jan 1, 1989

464 pages

ISBN: 0671688820

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1709

Language

eng

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