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Making March Madness : The Early Years of the NCAA, NIT, and College Basketball Championships 1922-1951 / Chad Carlson.
Van Pelt Library GV885.49.N37 C43 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Carlson, Chad, author.
- Conference Name:
- National Invitation Tournament.
- Series:
- Sport, culture & society (University of Arkansas Press)
- Sport, cuture & society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- NCAA Basketball Tournament--History.
- NCAA Basketball Tournament.
- Basketball--Tournaments--History.
- Basketball.
- Basketball--United States--History.
- Basketball--Tournaments.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 429 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Throughout the NCAA Tournament's History, the upsets, the underdogs, and the Cinderella stories have captured the attention and imagination of fans. Making March Madness is the story of this premier tournament, from its early days in Kansas City, to its move to Madison Square Garden, to its surviving a point-shaving scandal and taking its games to different sites across the country. Chad Carlson's analysis places college basketball in historical context and connects it to larger issues in sport and American society, providing fresh insights on a host of topics that readers will find interesting, illuminating, and thought provoking. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Prolegomena to the Tournaments, 1901-1937
- Chapter 2. Genesis of the Kansas City and New York City Tournaments, 1937-1938
- Chapter 3. The NABC and the Inaugural NCAA Tournament, 1938-1939
- Chapter 4. Toward Sustainability and Financial Solvency, 1939-1940
- Chapter 5. Early Peaks and Valleys, 1940-1942
- Chapter 6. New York City and True National Championships, 1942-1945
- Chapter 7. Postwar Boom, 1946-1950
- Chapter 8. The Scandal, Damage Control, and Alternate Options, 1950-1951
- Epilogue
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781682260333
- 168226033X
- 9781610756150
- 1610756150
- OCLC:
- 979568567
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