Origins of a league -- A mom-and-pop store -- Great Scott -- Multicultural Quakers -- Getting under way -- Roll crimson pride -- Backdoor cuts -- A tradition tarnished -- Bright lights, big stages -- Harvardization -- Conference calls -- We interrupt this season-- -- The road is the thing -- Everyone onto the court -- Brothers in arms -- A rivalry like no other -- Topsy-turvy weekend -- Dreams deferred -- And the winner is-- -- The wait of expectations
Summary
Outside the Limelight is the first book to look inside Ivy League basketball and at the boundless enthusiasm that defines it. With painstaking reportage, Kathy Orton weaves together the stories of coaches and players as they move from fall practice through an entire season and ahead to the NCAA tournament. vividly capturing the internal fervor of the personalities who champion their game all the triumphs and disappointments of an Ivy hoop season
