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Title: The Men of March: A Season Inside the Lives of College Basketball Coaches by Brian Curtis ISBN: 0-87833-313-4 Publisher: Taylor Pub Pub. Date: February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.22 (9 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Really, two books in one
Comment: I must be getting old...all the guys who were playing basketball when I was in college are now coaches! I was a college classmate of one of the coaches profiled in this book, so from that perspective I found it interesting, but not terribly well-written. This is really two books in one. First, Curtis profiles the "inside stories" of the coaches and teams at Iowa, Illinois, Notre Dame, and UCLA. But then, he drops in all sorts of little essays on the state of the college game today: how recruiting works, how coaches really make all their money, how influential Dick Vitale is, how the coaches network among themselves to recommend each other for jobs. Each of these could have been a decent book; both together is just a little too much. There also were a number of spelling errors and a few factual errors.
Rating: 3
Summary: great information -- uninspiring tale
Comment: Some very interesting material told in mundane & uninspiring fashion. Either he had his facts wrong or there was sloppy editting on some occasions. Some of the sidebar explanations of refereeing and recruiting covered ground that has been covered by a variety of authors in much better fashion. We learned about the four coaches, but there was never a real emotional attachment for the most part. College hoops junkies will like it, but as another reviewer mentioned, I would definitely recommend John Feinstein's a "Season Inside", "A March to Madness" and "The Last Amateurs". Perhaps the first for insight into Alford, but I would recommend the last two the most . Especially in "The Last Amateurs" I believe that a reader will gain much more emotional attachment to the players & coaches.
If this book caused a reader to break up with a girlfriend... the girlfriend may be better off!
Rating: 2
Summary: Promising topic /subjest that fell short of....
Comment: potential due to poor execution.
This is a great topic to cover but alas John Feinstein has already done this with a "Season Inside", "A March to Madness" and "The Last Amateurs" and done it a lot better.
Curtis never really dug deep into his subjects or explored the "Why" or the "If". He stuck more to the "What" and even then seemed to be off on several facts........P>All in all......a disappointing read.
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Title: Dick Vitale's Living a Dream: Reflections of 25 Years in the Best Seat in the House by Dick Vitale, Dick Weiss ISBN: 1582617384 Publisher: Sports Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Bravehearts: The Against-All-Odds Rise of Gonzaga Basketball by Bud Withers, Jay Bilas, John Stockton ISBN: 1572434996 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Same Knight, Different Channel: Basketball Legend Bob Knight at West Point and Today by Jack Isenhour ISBN: 1574885561 Publisher: Brasseys, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: String Music: Inside the Rise of SEC Basketball by Chris Dortch ISBN: 1574884395 Publisher: Brasseys, Inc. Pub. Date: 30 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Big O : My Life, My Times, My Game by Oscar Robertson ISBN: 1579547648 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: 15 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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