Tag: college basketball

The Road to Madness: How the 1973-1974 Season—and the NC State Wolfpack—Transformed College Basketball

In an era when only one team per conference could compete, the dramatic defeat of coach John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins by the North Carolina State Wolfpack ended a decade of the Bruins’ dominance, fueled unprecedented national attention, and prompted the NCAA to expand the tournament field to a wider range of teams.  The following is an excerpt from The Road… Continue Reading The Road to Madness: How the 1973-1974 Season—and the NC State Wolfpack—Transformed College Basketball

Together: The Amazing Story of Carolina Basketball’s 2021-2022 Season, Coming Fall 2022!

PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOWPublished in partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Athletics, featuring 150 color images, on sale November 2022: The definitive source on this year’s UNC Basketball team, Together: The Amazing Story of Carolina Basketball’s 2021-2022 Season by Adam Lucas, Steve Kirschner, and Matt Bowers, with a foreword by Hubert Davis, offers a behind-the-scenes… Continue Reading Together: The Amazing Story of Carolina Basketball’s 2021-2022 Season, Coming Fall 2022!

An NCAA/College Basketball Reading List (Go Heels!)

If you’d like to do some reading up on past North Carolina Tar Heels seasons and successes, as well as learn about the history of the NCAA and college hoops in general, we offer you a curated baskeball reading list (plus take 40% off at checkout with promo code 01DAH40; valid for print books only). And: GO HEELS! Carolina Basketball:… Continue Reading An NCAA/College Basketball Reading List (Go Heels!)

Looking Forward, Looking Back

Guest blog post by Pamela Grundy and Susan Shackelford, authors of Shattering the Glass: The Remarkable History of Women’s Basketball Aari McDonald stares out of her WNBA draft photo, arms folded, biceps sculpted, looking ahead. On April 15, when the draft kicks off the WNBA’s silver anniversary season, McDonald will go high. She has just come off a stellar NCAA… Continue Reading Looking Forward, Looking Back