Presents a comprehensive look at the coaches, players, and people behind the scenes of the NCAA Final Four Basketball Tournament. Focuses on the teams participating in the 2005 Final Four: the Michigan State Spartans, the University of Louisville Cardinals, the University of Illinois Fighting Illini, and the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.

Covered by four networks, allowing every game to be televised, "March Madness" has become an American phenomenon as anticipated as the Super Bowl. This is the story of the tournament from its beginnings seventy-three years ago as just an eight-team "bracket" to today's sixty-eight-team format. From the "Cinderella" teams like Butler and Gonzaga to perennial powerhouses such as UCLA and Kentucky, covering buzzer-beaters, upsets, and dynasties, the...

"Describes the NCAA Final Four tournament, including some of the greatest teams, players, and moments from Final Four history"--Provided by publisher.

This book introduces the history, key coaches, key players, key games, and mascots of the Big East basketball teams, a Division I-A conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Traces the history of professional basketball's championship teams since the NBA's first championship game in 1946-47.