| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) |
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"A Bison original"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Contents |
Tuesday night, March 13, 2007 -- Wednesday, March 14, 2007 -- Thursday, March 15, 2007 -- Friday, March 16, 2007 -- Saturday, March 17, 2007 -- Sunday, March 18, 2007. |
| Summary |
Every spring, the first four days of the NCAA men's basketball tournament attracts a horde of basketball bettors to Las Vegas. From the tip-off of the tournament's first game on Thursday morning to the final whistle on Sunday, throngs of bettors--overwhelmingly male--sit in smoky casinos obsessively watching as many as forty-eight college basketball games. This book immerses readers in that action. In The Madness of March: Bonding and Betting with the Boys in Las Vegas, Alan Jay Zaremba travels to The Strip and gives us a front-row view of the betting culture that surrounds the frenzied first we. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Basketball -- Betting -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
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College sports -- Corrupt practices -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
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Basketball.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Basketball.
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Basketball -- Betting.
(OCoLC)fst00828206
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College sports -- Corrupt practices.
(OCoLC)fst00867928
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Nevada -- Las Vegas.
(OCoLC)fst01204935
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zaremba, Alan Jay. Madness of March. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009 0803213832 9780803213838 (DLC) 2008034067 (OCoLC)243601917 |
| ISBN |
9780803222984 (electronic bk.) |
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080322298X (electronic bk.) |
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