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Underdawgs
David Woods
其他書名
How Brad Stevens and Butler University Built the Bulldogs for March Madness
出版
Simon and Schuster
, 2012-01-31
主題
Sports & Recreation / General
Sports & Recreation / Basketball
Sports & Recreation / History
Sports & Recreation / Coaching / Basketball
ISBN
1451610580
9781451610581
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=zQ7lxHqZydYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
“In the best John Feinstein tradition” (
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) the greatest college basketball story in decades—the Butler Bulldogs and their improbable run to two straight NCAA National Championship games—now updated in paperback.
Butler University in Indianapolis became the smallest school in forty years to reach the NCAA championship game.
Calculated as a 200-to-1 shot to win, Butler came
this close
to beating the heavily favored, perennial leaders of college basketball: the Duke Blue Devils in 2010. And in 2011, Butler advanced again to the finals, ultimately losing to UConn—but accomplishing so much.
Underdawgs
tells the incredible and uplifting story.
Butler’s coach, thirty-three-year-old Brad Stevens, looked so young he was often mistaken for one of the players, but he had quickly become one of the best coaches in the nation by employing the Butler Way. This philosophy of basketball and life, adopted by the program, is based on five principles: humility, passion, unity, servanthood, and thankfulness. Even the most casual observer could see this in every player, on the court and off, from 2010 NBA first-round draft pick Gordon Hayward to the last guy on the bench.
Much more than a sports story,
Underdawgs
is the consummate David vs. Goliath tale—the Bulldogs proved they belonged in the spotlight and, in the process, won the hearts of sports fans everywhere.