Making March Madness
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Making March Madness

The Early Years of the NCAA, NIT, and College Basketball Championships, 1922-1951

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eBook - ePub

Making March Madness

The Early Years of the NCAA, NIT, and College Basketball Championships, 1922-1951

About this book

Throughout the NCAA Tournament's history, underdogs, Cinderella stories, and upsets have captured the attention and imagination of fans. Making March Madness is the story of this premiere tournament, from its early days in Kansas City, to its move to Madison Square Garden, to its surviving a point-shaving scandal in New York and taking its games to different sites across the country.Chad Carlson's analysis places college basketball in historical context and connects it to larger issues in sport and American society, providing fresh insights on a host of topics that readers will find interesting, illuminating, and thought provoking.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Series Editor’s Preface
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1 - Prolegomena to the Tournaments, 1901–1937
  10. Chapter 2 - Genesis of the Kansas City and New York City Tournaments, 1937–1938
  11. Chapter 3 - The NABC and the Inaugural NCAA Tournament, 1938–1939
  12. Chapter 4 - Toward Sustainability and Financial Solvency, 1939–1940
  13. Chapter 5 - Early Peaks and Valleys, 1940–1942
  14. Chapter 6 - New York City and True National Championships, 1942–1945
  15. Chapter 7 - Postwar Boom, 1946–1950
  16. Chapter 8 - The Scandal, Damage Control, and Alternate Options, 1950–1951
  17. Epilogue - New Beginnings, with Leverage, 1952–2005
  18. Appendix A - AAU National Tournament Champions, 1897–1952
  19. Appendix B - Retrospective Polls, 1893–1952
  20. Appendix C - Continuous College Basketball Postseason Tournaments, 1937–1952
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index
  24. About the Author