Description
In this absorbing chronicle of the 1999–2000 Patriot League basketball season, John Feinstein follows seven teams and the student-athletes competing for the league’s coveted—and only—berth in the NCAA Tournament. At schools such as Holy Cross, Lehigh, and Navy, players balance demanding academic lives with the pressures, rivalries, setbacks, and exhilaration of Division I basketball without athletic scholarships. Feinstein explores a model of college sports centered on education, character, and love of the game, contrasting it with the commercial intensity of major programs and the dream of professional basketball. Filled with vivid personalities, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and the drama of games far from the national spotlight, this fast-paced work celebrates an enduring ideal of amateur athletics.
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hardcover
Little Brown and Company
Published Jan 1, 2000
424 pages
ISBN: 9780316277013
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First Published
2000
Language
eng
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