Summer Reading Hoops-Style

Since the college basketball season is still a long ways away, there aren’t a lot of good things to write about for a blog. Some players get injured or arrested or earn their freedom from suspension while the devil has time to make a playground of their idle minds. But one thing that this downtime does give us college hoops bloggers is an opportunity to get some summer reading done. There are a lot of good books out there on the subject, and reading anything is good, but there is one that stands out above the rest.

If you have never gotten a chance to read John Feinstein’s A Season on the Brink you should do so right this instant. Widely regarded as the “bestselling sports book of all time,” A Season on the Brink chronicles the ’85-’86 Indiana Hoosiers men’s basketball team. The drama of a season would make for an interesting book in itself, but the character of head coach Bobby Knight really makes the book crackle with intensity. If Season is the Moby Dick of sports literature, then Knight is its Captain Ahab. It’s a must read for any fan interested in college basketball or just some fun summer reading.

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