Word: bookings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Feinstein enhances the book's charm with his clever anecdotes about the game's many characters. His style rivals some of the country's best columnists...
...book does have a few faults that Feinstein could have avoided...
First, when he limits his book to just a few teams in college basketball, he has problems when it comes to presenting other characters. Great, the reader knows about Steve Kerr, but when other great players like Notre Dame's David Rivers and Temple's Mark Macon are mentioned, Feinstein devotes only a paragraph or two to them...
Another fault of the book is its emphasis on the game story. Whereas Feinstein's interviews and anecdotes give the book its unique color and life, the game stories slow down the reader's pace. The reader is no longer reading a book, but a 464-page story on how Perdue managed to sneak one past Indiana...
When all roads lead to Kansas City and the Final Four in the book's final pages, the reader has already struggled through enough game stories and play-by-play to fill the sports pages of The Boston Globe. Fifty times...