March Madness is an expression used in American College Basketball. March is the busiest month for the single-elimination college basketball tournament and usually one top seeded team will be outdone by an underdog.
Below I have short-listed 5 books for our March Book. This month we’re looking at Basketball, F1, Gaelic Games, Horse Racing and Ice Skating books. Quite different to what we’ve seen previously! Admittedly, I found picking these 5 books difficult but with difficultly comes possibility. I hope you are interested in what you see below.
March’s book will be revealed on Thursday the 7th. For your say, please vote at the bottom of the page.
A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers by John Feinstein
John Feinstein was allowed to follow the Indiana Hoosiers for one season, what happened changed the sport and created one of most talked about American sports books of all time. Key dates for the College Basketball season can be viewed here.
About John Feinstein John Feinstein is one of the nation’s most successful and prolific sports authors who has written 24 books to date. His most recent work Are You Kidding Me? , written with Rocco Mediate, was released on May 18, 2009, and is presently on the shelf at bookstores everywhere. In addition, he is an award-winning columnist and regular contributor in both radio and television.
Book Description
A Season on the Brink chronicles the basketball season that John Feinstein spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach, Bob Knight. Knight granted Feinstein an unprecedented inside look at college basketball-with complete access to every moment of the season. Feinstein saw and heard it all-practices, team meetings, strategy sessions, and midgame huddles-during Knight’s struggle to avoid a losing season. A Season on the Brink not only captures the drama and pressure of big-time college basketball but paints a vivid portrait of a complex, brilliant coach walking a fine line between genius and madness. John Feinstein has written for Sports Illustrated, The Washington Post, The Sporting News, and Inside Sports and is currently the main feature writer for The National. He has won twelve U.S. Basketball Writers awards. Book jacket.
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