'74: A Basketball Story

The untold drama of the 1974 NCAABasketball Champions: the North Carolina State University WolfpackAs the 1973-74 college basketball season began, most experts expected John Wooden's UCLA Bruins-led by All-American Bill Walton-to win its eighth straight national championship. Only one team truly challenged them: an archetypal Naismith team--the NC State Wolfpack led by the dynamic trio Tommy Burleson, David Thompson, and Monte Towe recognized by many at the time as the best one-two-three punch in college basketball. Their historic run for the national championship was accentuated by challenges, successes, and failures. It was one of personal sacrifice and determination by a group of young men who pulled together amidst adversity to become one of the great college basketball teams ever.

• | Author: Timothy Brannan
• | Publisher: Gemini Publishing
• | Publication Date: Oct 08, 2008
• | Number of Pages: 214 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0982027710
• | ISBN-13: 9780982027714