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For sheer intensity and excitement, few contests can match a college basketball game-unless it's one played between two in-state, longtime conference foes separated by only a few miles of the hoops highway known as"Tobacco Road." The four major Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) schools in North Carolina have won eight NCAA titles and continue to dominate the modern college game like no other area in the country. The winners of three national titles, the North Carolina Tar Heels have been a basketball powerhouse since the 1950s. Longtime coach Dean Smith and his famous "Four Corners" offense changed how the game was played and ultimately forced the introduction of the shot clock. Down the road, the N.C. State Wolfpack won two national championships, and their coach Jimmy Valvano brought an extroverted enthusiasm to coaching still recalled with fondness and admiration. A powerhouse of big-time college basketball for five decades, the Duke Blue Devils, coached by Vic Bubas and later Mike Krzyzewski, have been to twelve Final Fours and have won three NCAA titles since 1991. In Winston-Salem the Wake Forest Demon Deacons have produced eleven All-Americans, ten ACC Players of the Year, and scores of successful NBA players. Collectively the Big Four have made North Carolina the center of the basketball universe. This is their story.
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"Sportswriter Menzer uses extensive interviews to paint a colorful picture of the personalities of the coaches and players behind the history."-Library Journal Library Journal "This is a wonderful reading experience for anyone who enjoys college basketball."-Booklist Booklist "Good fun for the fans."-Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews
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Joe Menzer is a sportswriter for the Winston-Salem Journal. He is the author of The Wildest Ride: A History of NASCAR; Carolina Panthers: The First Season of the Most Successful Expansion Team in NFL History; and Cavs: From Fitch to Fratello.
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- PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0803283008
- ISBN 13 9780803283008
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages326
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