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Book

A season on the brink : a year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers

Call Number

  • 796.32363 F2997.3 (CEN)

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Edition

25th anniversary edition.

Publication Information

New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2011.

Physical Description

xxiv, 337 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Summary

A chronicle of the 1985-86 season following the Indiana Hoosiers and their coach Bob Knight through practice sessions, strategy sessions, private talks between Knight and his players, and mid-game huddles on the sidelines.

Notes

"With a new introduction."

Contents

  • On the brink
  • Rise and fall
  • Square one
  • October 15
  • November
  • Three long weeks
  • The season begins
  • Poster boy
  • No reason to lose to anyone
  • Déjà vu
  • Will we ever catch another fish?
  • "If we can just get into position to get into position"
  • You can't go home again
  • Seven-game season
  • Twenty minutes to the promised land
  • For the championship . . .Thud
  • Back to the brink.

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