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Orton, Kathy, 1968-

Title Outside the limelight : basketball in the Ivy League / Kathy Orton ; foreword by John Feinstein.

Publication Info.	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Origins of a league -- A mom-and-pop store -- Great Scott -- Multicultural Quakers -- Getting under way -- Roll crimson pride -- Backdoor cuts -- A tradition tarnished -- Bright lights, big stages -- Harvardization -- Conference calls -- We interrupt this season-- -- The road is the thing -- Everyone onto the court -- Brothers in arms -- A rivalry like no other -- Topsy-turvy weekend -- Dreams deferred -- And the winner is-- -- The wait of expectations.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	Outside the Limelight is the first book to look inside Ivy League basketball and at the boundless enthusiasm that defines it. With painstaking reportage, Kathy Orton weaves together the stories of coaches and players as they move from fall practice through an entire season and ahead to the NCAA tournament. vividly capturing the internal fervor of the personalities who champion their game and amp;ugrave;all the triumphs and disappointments of an Ivy hoop season.
Subject	Ivy League (Basketball conference)
	Ivy League (Basketball conference) (OCoLC)fst01784936
	Basketball -- Atlantic States.
	College sports -- Atlantic States.
	Private universities and colleges -- Atlantic States.
	Sport & amp; Recreation.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- Basketball.
	Basketball. (OCoLC)fst00828203
	College sports. (OCoLC)fst00867925
	Private universities and colleges. (OCoLC)fst01077624
	United States -- Atlantic States. (OCoLC)fst01240724
Other Form:	Print version: Orton, Kathy, 1968- Outside the limelight. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009 9780813546162 (DLC) 2008051478 (OCoLC)277466195
ISBN	9780813548364 (electronic bk.)
	0813548365 (electronic bk.)

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