
March 1939
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Author Terry Frei's track record as a narrative historian in such books as the acclaimed Horns, Hogs, and Nixon Coming, plus a personal connection as an Oregon native whose father coached football at the University of Oregon for seventeen seasons, makes him uniquely qualified to tell this story of the first tournament and the first champions, in the context of their times. Plus, Frei long has been a fan of Clair Bee, the Long Island University coach who later in life wrote the Chip Hilton Sports Series books, mesmerizing young readers who didn't know the backstory told here. In 1939, the Bee-coached LIU Blackbirds won the NCAA tournament's rival, the national invitation tournament in New York-then in only its second year, and still under the conflict-of-interest sponsorship of the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. Frei assesses both tournaments and, given the myths advanced for many years, his conclusions in many cases are surprising.
Both events unfolded in a turbulent month when it was becoming increasingly apparent that Hitler's belligerence would draw Europe and perhaps the world into another war . . . soon. Amid heated debates over the extent to which America should become involved in Europe's affairs this time, the men playing in both tournaments wondered if they might be called on to serve and fight. Of course, as some of the Webfoots would demonstrate in especially notable fashion, the answer was yes.
It was a March before the Madness.
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- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I. SETTING THE STAGE
- Chapter 1. Hobby
- Chapter 2. Fishermen
- Chapter 3. Laddie and Slim
- Chapter 4. From the Gorge
- Chapter 5. Basketeers
- Chapter 6. Floating Ideas
- Chapter 7. Bee and the Blackbirds
- Chapter 8. Taking the Show on the Road
- Chapter 9. Garden and Beyond
- PART II. MARCH
- Chapter 10. White Smoke
- Chapter 11. Cayuse with a Saddle
- Chapter 12. Maneuvers
- Chapter 13. RSVP
- Chapter 14. Jumping Either Way
- Chapter 15. Spotlights
- Chapter 16. Moving On
- Chapter 17. Suitcase Test
- Chapter 18. Eighth Avenue
- Chapter 19. Treasure Island
- Chapter 20. How the West Was Won
- Chapter 21. 49th Street
- Chapter 22. Destinies
- Chapter 23. Broken Trophy and All
- Chapter 24. Ride Home
- Chapter 25. Dance of Champs
- PART III. CONCLUSIONS
- Chapter 26. First, Always
- Chapter 27. Coaches
- Chapter 28. The Tall Firs
- Acknowledgments
- PART IV. APPENDICES
- Appendix A: 1939 NCAA Tournament
- Appendix B: Oregon's 1938-39 Results
- Appendix C: 1939 National Invitation Tournament
- Appendix D: Long Island's 1938-39 Results
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography/Sources
- Index
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