Season on the BrinkDecades after it spent weeks at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, A Season on the Brink remains the most celebrated basketball book ever written—an unforgettable chronicle of his year spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach Bob Knight. Granted unprecedented access to legendary coach Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers during the 1985–86 season, John Feinstein saw and heard it all—practices, team meetings, strategy sessions, and midgame huddles—as the team worked to return to championship form. The result is an unforgettable chronicle that not only captures the drama and pressure of big-time college basketball but also paints a vivid portrait of a complex, brilliant coach as he walks the fine line between genius and madness. This anniversary edition features an updated Introduction by Feinstein. |
Contents
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Rise and Fall | 9 |
Square One | 25 |
October 15 | 33 |
November | 56 |
Three Long Weeks | 74 |
The Season Begins | 89 |
Poster Boy | 118 |
No Reason to Lose to Anyone | 133 |
Déjà Vu | 154 |
Will We Ever Catch Another Fish? | 171 |
If We Can Just Get Into Position to Get Into Position 185 | 185 |
Twenty Minutes to the Promised Land | 263 |
Moby Dick | 308 |
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