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001			on1021796187
003			OCoLC
005			20180722230054.0
008			180131t20182018nyua bq 001 0deng d
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020			_a9781613219935 _q(hardback)
020			_a1613219938 _q(hardback)
035			_a(OCoLC)1021796187
043			_an-us---
092			_a796.3236 _bM498
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMehler, Mark _c(Journalist), _eauthor. _9354867
245	1	0	_aMadness : _bthe ten most memorable NCAA basketball finals / _cMark Mehler and Charles Paikert.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bSports Publishing, _c[2018]
264		4	_c©2018
300			_axii, 243 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-235), filmography and index.
505	0	0	_tThe hunters: Duke vs. Butler, 2010 -- _tThe improbable game: Michigan vs. Seton Hall, 1989 -- _tA perfect game from an imperfect team: Villanova vs. Georgetown, 1985 -- _tHope is a thing with leather (or rubber): North Carolina State vs. Houston, 1983 -- _tDean, redeemed: North Carolina vs. Georgetown, 1982 -- _tToo much, the Magic/Bird show: Michigan State vs. Indiana State -- _tThe Wiz waves goodbye: UCLA vs. Kentucky, 1975 -- _tWhat price, glory?: Texas Western vs. Kentucky, 1966 -- _tThe contrast contest: Loyola vs. Cincinnati, 1963 -- _tThe slickers vs. the hicks...and Wilt: North Carolina vs. Kansas, 1967 -- _tThe consolation games (2016, 2008, 2003, 1993, and 1987).
520			_aThe annual NCAA Basketball Tournament, which has become known as "March Madness" has emerged as a major sports event, matched only by the Super Bowl and the Olympics. In Madness, Mark Mehler and Charles Paikert tell the stories behind the ten most compelling and memorable championship games in tournament history, from North Carolina's triple-overtime victory over Wilt Chamberlain's Kansas Wildcats in 1957 to Duke's heart stopping victory over underdog Butler in 2010. As a bonus, five more games that just missed the cut are also examined. Madness goes beyond the games to tell the backstories of these classics, each entirely unique unto itself. For example, Jim Valvano taking his impossible dream of a national title and making it come true for the 1983 North Carolina State Wolfpack; Rollie Massimino turning spaghetti and clam sauce into inspiration for his underachieving 1985 Villanova team; and Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, breaking down in tears while taking a Broadway curtain call in front of a wildly-applauding audience who two hours earlier didn't know who these two guys were decades after their head-to-head matchup in 1979.
611	2	0	_aNCAA Basketball Tournament _xHistory. _9100627
650		0	_aBasketball _xTournaments _zUnited States. _9354868
700	1		_aPaikert, Charles, _eauthor. _9354869
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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