Bud Withers
1) Mad Hoops
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a"In 1971, the University of Oregon departed from routine and went three time zones east to hire a new basketball coach. Dick Harter had been abundantly successful at Ivy League Pennsylvania, assembling a team that went undefeated in the regular season of 1970-71. When he got to Oregon, expressly to challenge the dynastic UCLA Bruins, he set about turning the Ducks into the most aggressive team on the West Coast, an outfit that dove for every loose...
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Almost a generation ago, a small school from the Northwest made its first noise in college basketball. For the first time, the Gonzaga Bulldogs won games in the NCAA tournament of 1999, going all the way to the Elite Eight. Then they validated their arrival with Sweet 16 appearances the next two years.
Unlike other unheralded programs that have emerged to make national headlines, the Zags didn't go away. They have stacked solid season upon solid...
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The inspirational and touching story of Gonzaga's rise from college basketball obscurity to near mythic status as everyone's favorite underdog, this book was penned by acclaimed college basketball writer Bud Withers, who has covered the Zags since it all began. In dramatic fashion he reanimates the events of the last few years, adding flesh to the personalities and summoning the details, great and small, that make up this unforgettable story. Readers...