Sooley
by John Grisham

Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams - and even bigger challenges off the court. By a #1 best-selling author.
The Back Roads to March : the Unsung, Unheralded, and Unknown Heroes of a College Basketball Season
by John Feinstein

The best-selling author of A Season on the Brink celebrates lesser-known Cinderella stories from college basketball, describing how a small handful of players, coaches and under-funded schools rose from obscurity to secure NCAA rankings. 
Rules for Becoming a Legend
by Timothy S. Lane

Destined for a legendary future in the NBA, a young basketball prodigy begins suffering the tragedies that have cursed his family for generations and destroyed his father's sports dreams, a situation that compels him to find a way to break the cycle.
The City Game : Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team
by Matthew Goodman

Documents the controversial story of the mid-20th-century Harlem City College Beavers, tracing how the merit-based team of Jewish and African-American players won major tournaments in the face of segregation before its starting five were arrested for a major gambling racket. 
Attitude : Develop a Winning Mindset On and Off the Court
by Jay Wright

The head basketball coach at Villanova University outlines the leadership strategies he attributes to the successes of his NCAA championship team and how they can be adapted to enable personal and professional excellence.
Blue Blood II : Duke-Carolina
by Art Chansky

This follow-up to Blue Blood, published 13 years after the first book, tells the recent history of the Duke-Carolina college basketball rivalry and is a must-have for Duke and UNC fans, as well as college basketball fans in general.
Team Seven : a Novel
by Marcus Burke

A coming-of-age, semi-autobiographical tale on the realities of black inner-city life, written by a MacArthur grant recipient, follows the experiences of young Andre Battel as he grows away from his Jamaican family, discovers basketball court talents and turns drug dealer for a street gang. 
Basketball : a Love Story
by Jackie MacMullan

A revelatory history of basketball, published to coincide with a major ESPN and ABC series, draws on hundreds of interviews with leading athletes, coaches, executives and journalists from the NBA, WNBA, NCAA and international leagues. 
Dust Bowl Girls : the Inspiring Story of the Team that Barnstormed its Way to Basketball Glory
by Lydia Reeder

Traces the Depression-era efforts of a charismatic basketball coach from tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College who recruited talented young women to join his hope-giving basketball team in exchange for a prospect-bolstering college education.
The Perfect Game : How Villanova's Shocking 1985 Upset of Mighty Georgetown Changed the Landscape of College Hoops Forever
by Frank Fitzpatrick

An account of the famous college basketball upset draws on player and coach interviews as well as insights by sociologists, cultural critics and witnesses to detail how the game unfolded contrary to expectations and reflected dark themes of race, violence and drug use. By the Pulitzer Prize finalist author of And the Walls Came Tumbling Down.
Rise and Fire : The Origins, Science, and Evolution of the Jump Shot--and How it Transformed Basketball Forever
by Shawn Fury

An analysis of the play that revolutionized baseball and has been a component in most of the game's top moments draws on in-depth research to cover the roles of equipment, the contributions of team rivalries and the achievements of legendary athletes. By the award-winning author of Keeping the Faith.
                  
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