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Summary: An interesting look inside NCAA Basketball
Review: One might even call this book a crib sheet for pre-game and half time pep talks, but Feinstein also does his usual excellent job of "getting to know" the players, coaches and personalities. You'll get to know them too in this inside the lockerroom, season-long report.Feinstein's style is very easy to read and this book would be interesting to people from a sociological perspective in addition to those who are basketball junkies like myself. Does the NCAA and its member institutions exploit athletes? Where did the fun go from the game--playing is a privilege and the competition in an of itself, along with a scholarship should be enough. Feinstein tackles these topics again in his more recent book The Last Amateurs. This is a very worthwhile read and more evenhanded and "fair" to the participants than A Season on the Brink. In fact Dean Smith would not let the author have the same access as every other coach b/c Feinstein is a Duke alum. And that is precisely why the Duke-UNC is one of the top 3 college sports rivalries.
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Summary: An interesting look inside NCAA Basketball
Review: One might even call this book a crib sheet for pre-game and half time pep talks, but Feinstein also does his usual excellent job of "getting to know" the players, coaches and personalities. You'll get to know them too in this inside the lockerroom, season-long report. Feinstein's style is very easy to read and this book would be interesting to people from a sociological perspective in addition to those who are basketball junkies like myself. Does the NCAA and its member institutions exploit athletes? Where did the fun go from the game--playing is a privilege and the competition in an of itself, along with a scholarship should be enough. Feinstein tackles these topics again in his more recent book The Last Amateurs. This is a very worthwhile read and more evenhanded and "fair" to the participants than A Season on the Brink. In fact Dean Smith would not let the author have the same access as every other coach b/c Feinstein is a Duke alum. And that is precisely why the Duke-UNC is one of the top 3 college sports rivalries.
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Summary: Truly a wonderful read for any college basketball fan.
Review: This book is great! While reading this book, you actually feel as if you attended each and every game. I watched the ACC games this year with even more enthusiasm knowing what goes on behind the scenes. I saw Clemson in the NCAAs, and actually felt like I knew Rick Barnes and his strategies, thanks to Mr. Feinstein. It's a fabulous book and I recommend it to all college hoops fans.
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Summary: This is an excellent book.
Review: This was one of the best books I ever read. It was impossible to put down.
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Summary: If you don't love ACC basketball now...
Review: you will after reading this book. I read the "Madness" in my first year of college at UVA- the year after it was published- and a love affair began. Whereas I used to not care less about basketball, this book signed over my life to the ACC. The soap opera-like stories, play-by-play excitement, and obvious love for the game captured me, and ever since I have been a virtual hermit during March. The biases are there, but that's part of the charm. In the ACC you love your team, but you love the game even more.
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