When March Went Mad : The Game That Transformed Basketball

from foof2you

Seth Davis looks at the 1979 NCAA Championship Game of Michigan State vs. Indiana State, how the teams got to this game and the two superstars who were the driving forces behind each teams success, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. A look at one of the last Final Fours that would be played in a norma...

from LesaHolstine

It's been thirty years since Magic and Bird faced off in that game, but there was a great deal that led up to it. Davis combines the stories of the two players, their coaches, and the teams in a story that is still suspenseful, even though many readers will know how the game ended, and we all kno...

from LesaHolstine

It's been thirty years since Magic and Bird faced off in that game, but there was a great deal that led up to it. Davis combines the stories of the two players, their coaches, and the teams in a story that is still suspenseful, even though many readers will know how the game ended, and we all kno...

from plumdog28

This is a fast-paced, easy read about the 1979 college basketball season and final game between Michigan State and Indiana State, or, rather, between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. It is a little bit choppy as it jumps from Johnson to Bird and back again, and there is relatively little about the a...

from lindapanzo

In 1979, when Larry Bird of Indiana State and Magic Johnson of Michigan State faced off for the first time in the NCAA basketball finals, basketball was a very different game. There was no shot clock and no 3-point shot. Perhaps more importantly, basketball was not yet a national obsession. Games...