Tar Heel Madness: Great Eras in North Carolina Basketball (Golden Ages of College Sports) - Softcover

Sharpe, Wilton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581824742 ISBN 13: 9781581824742

Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is to college basketball what Augusta National is to golf. Year after year, the tradition-laden Tar Heels extend a rich hardwood legacy built by the like of Lennie Rosenbluth, Frank McGuire, Dean Smith, Michael Jordan, James Worthy, Eric Montrose, George Lynch, Donald Williams, Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison, Phil Ford, Roy Williams, Sean May, Rashad McCants, and Raymond Felton. All have worn or led the Light Blue and White with enormous distinction.

Tar Heel success did not begin with the Dean Smith era. While his 36-year mark of 879-254 and two national championships made him the winningest coach in NCAA history during his watch, UNC was no stranger to winning national titles, claiming its first in 1924 and its most recent in 2005.

Tar Heel Madness captures the pulse and passion of North Carolina basketball: the great players, teams, and magical moments, riveting rivals, the all-time Tar Heels team, the rosters of all five national championships squads, and more. All is told by UNC players, managers, coaches, opponents, fans, and the media.

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About the Author

WILTON SHARPE is a freelance writer and former copy editor for the Nashville Tennessean sports department. His articles have appeared in Athlon Sports publications, NFL Insider and Gameday magazines, Athletic Administration, the Cleveland Browns yearbooks, The Coffin Corner, Titans Exclusive, and NFL.com. A former columnist for the Nashville City Paper, the onetime Connecticut native currently syndicates a weekly sports content package to community newspapers. His previous books include Bulldog Madness and Buckeye Madness.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1581824742
• ISBN 13: 9781581824742
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272