Title ACC basketball : the story of the rivalries, traditions, and scandals of the first two decades of the Atlantic Coast Conference / J. Samuel Walker

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2011] ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 395 pages) : illustrations Contents Preface -- Prologue -- The crisis in college sports, 1951 -- The founding of the ACC -- The man who made ACC basketball -- A championship won, a classic lost -- The Big Four -- The revolt of the also-rans -- The integration of ACC basketball -- "College Basketball's Strongest League" -- The 800 rule & the departure of South Carolina -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index Summary "Since the inception of the Atlantic Coast Conference, intense rivalries, legendary coaches, gifted players, and fervent fans have come to define the league's basketball history. In ACC Basketball, J. Samuel Walker traces the traditions and the dramatic changes that occurred both on and off the court during the conference's rise to a preeminent position in college basketball between 1953 and 1972. Walker vividly re-creates the action of nail-biting games and the tensions of bitter recruiting battles without losing sight of the central off-court questions the league wrestled with during these two decades. As basketball became the ACC's foremost attraction, conference administrators sought to field winning teams while improving academic programs and preserving academic integrity. The ACC also adapted gradually to changes in the postwar South, including, most prominently, the struggle for racial justice during the 1960s. ACC Basketball is a lively, entertaining account of coaches' flair (and antics), players' artistry, a major point-shaving scandal, and the gradually more evenly matched struggle for dominance in one of college basketball's strongest conferences"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed June 28, 2021) Subject Atlantic Coast Conference -- History SUBJECT Atlantic Coast Conference fast Subject College sports -- Southern States -- History SPORTS & RECREATION -- Basketball. SPORTS & RECREATION -- History. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports. SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects. SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays. SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference. TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports. College sports Southern States Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 0807869120 9780807869123 9781469602578 1469602571

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