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Making March Madness: The Early Years of the NCAA, NIT, and College Basketball Championships, 1922-1951 (Sport, Culture, and Society) Hardcover – August 15, 2017

by Chad Carlson (Author)
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    Sport, Culture, and Society
  2. Print length
    425 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    University of Arkansas Press
  5. Publication date
    August 15, 2017
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 1.3 x 9 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    168226033X
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“Chad Carlson’s entertaining and insightful story captures the drama of college basketball’s evolution from a regional sport to a national phenomenon. An essential read for sports historians and basketball fans.”

—Johnny Smith,author of The Sons of Westwood: John Wooden, UCLA, and the Dynasty That Changed College Basketball



“Informative and enjoyable … will be of use to scholars and aficionados alike.”

—Murry Nelson, author of Big Ten Basketball, 1943–1972



“Those of us fortunate enough to teach courses on March Madness will appreciate Carlson’s masterful coverage of its origin story, and the foundation it provides for other readings on the evolution of the tournament such as Aram Goudsouzian’s King of the Court or Johnny Smith’s Sons of Westwood. But sport history and even business history courses could make use of a book that writes the unknown history of a very well-known topic. Although the density of the text may not be suitable for lower-level or underprepared college students, upper-level courses and graduate seminars will doubtless engender a lot of conversation if they choose to assign Making March Madness.”
—Andrew R.M. Smith, Sport in American History, January 2018

“Based on archival material as well as a wealth of other primary and secondary sources, Making March Madness provides an in-depth account of a nearly 30-year period of college men’s basketball postseason championship tournaments. The book focuses primarily on the NCAA and NIT, but includes other, smaller tournaments as well. Writing chronologically, Carlson (Hope College) examines the people, decisions, teams, venues, rules, finances, games, and policies that shaped the growth and decline of postseason tournaments in the first half of the 20th century. The strength of this in-depth coverage, however, is also at times a weakness; the detail tends to get descriptive rather than providing a broader historical or cultural context One exception is Carlson’s excellent discussion of the racial climate in the US and how each tournament dealt with racial exclusion or inclusion within a larger historical context. A highlight of the work is Carlson’s examination of these tournaments
during the war years and the impact WW II had on players, colleges, and the tournaments, such as charity events and teams’ other contributions to the war effort. An engaging read.”
—A. Curtis, Choice Reviews, June 2018
Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.

“Chad Carlson offers a well-written and entertaining addition to the tomes on the rise of college basketball to become today’s ‘March Madness.’ He chronicles from the beginnings of the game to the 1951 point-shaving scandals that rocked the nation’s embrace of college basketball. … Scholars of the timespan covered, sports historians, basketball coaches, and those interested in the development of sports management as a profession—as well as fans—will benefit from Carlson’s enlightening work.”
—Paul M. McInerny, Journal of Sport History, Fall 2018

About the Author

Chad Carlson is an associate professor of kinesiology and an assistant men’s basketball coach at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. A former college and semiprofessional basketball player, he now teaches and researches selected topics within the fields of sport history, sport philosophy, and sport and religion.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Arkansas Press; 1st edition (August 15, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 425 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 168226033X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1682260333
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.8 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.3 x 9 inches
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