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Madness, the ten most memorable NCAA basketball finals, Mark Mehler and Charles Paikert

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Madness, the ten most memorable NCAA basketball finals, Mark Mehler and Charles Paikert

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235), filmography and index

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contains biographical information

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illustrations

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

Madness

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bibliographyfilmographies

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1021796187

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Mark Mehler and Charles Paikert

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the ten most memorable NCAA basketball finals

Summary

The 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 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

Table Of Contents

The hunters: Duke vs. Butler, 2010 -- The improbable game: Michigan vs. Seton Hall, 1989 -- A perfect game from an imperfect team: Villanova vs. Georgetown, 1985 -- Hope is a thing with leather (or rubber): North Carolina State vs. Houston, 1983 -- Dean, redeemed: North Carolina vs. Georgetown, 1982 -- Too much, the Magic/Bird show: Michigan State vs. Indiana State -- The Wiz waves goodbye: UCLA vs. Kentucky, 1975 -- What price, glory?: Texas Western vs. Kentucky, 1966 -- The contrast contest: Loyola vs. Cincinnati, 1963 -- The slickers vs. the hicks...and Wilt: North Carolina vs. Kansas, 1967 -- The consolation games(2016, 2008, 2003, 1993, and 1987)

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