The Big Dance : The Story of the NCAA Basketball Tournament (Paperback)

from Gwnfkt12

To me this book felt like a conversation between two know-it-all college guys. For the most part it seems to be a contest of who could come up with the best story from the NCAA basketball tournament over the years since it was first started rather than a detailed history of the tournament. Certai...

from chgstrom

I would agree with the other reviews that I have read. This really isn't a story of the NCAA basketball tournament. It's more a collection of stories about the tournament. While some of them were interesting, I found that none of them were written well. There was no sequence that could be followe...

from zimbawilson

A book that seeks to be a little of everything to everyone satisfies no one. This is hardly a history of March Madness but more of a collection of poorly cobbled together stories seemingly lifted from old issues of SI (based on all the references to that magazine). The writing is poor and there i...

from foof2you

First let me say that I received this book for free since I belong to the Library Things Early Reviewers. The title is kind of misleading, it says The Story of the NCAA Basketball Tournament, it is more like stories FROM the NCAA Tournament. There is a difference if it is the story of then we giv...

from librarian_k

As many reviewers have stated, this book feels a bit disjointed, not like the narrative nonfiction that I am a fan of. However, I put this book in my classroom in the hopes that it would grab the attention of 14- and 15-year-old boys, and it certainly did. The writing isn't stellar, but it's a bo...