Paul Mcmullen

Maryland Basketball: Tales from Cole Field House

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Produktbeschreibung

As the University of Maryland prepares to christen the state of the art Comcast Center, what better time to look back at the Terrapins path from college basketball obscurity to NCAA champions? Maryland Basketball: Tales from Cole Field House is a story 47 years in the making. Native Marylander and former Terp beat writer Paul McMullen recounts the history of the University of Maryland's men's basketball program during the Cole years, from 1955-2002. It is a story of tragedy and triumph, and touches on the lives and times of the men who played and coached at one of college basketball's landmarks. "Paul McMullen's artful, nostalgic, and sometimes controversial account of Maryland basketball history brings life and clarity to celebrated events and seminal moments of the program, many of which I experienced at first hand. His words are the cord that binds together a story previously known to insiders but largely unknown to those outside the Maryland "family." -- Len Elmore, from the Foreword The Terps went 485-151 at Cole, and compiled just as many amazing stories. Maryland basketball during the Cole era included some incredibly gifted players, colorful and sometimes controversial characters, and was driven by three coaches. Bud Millikan basically built a program from scratch and moved it from tiny Ritchie Coliseum into cavernous Cole. Lefty Driesell never quite made it into "the UCLA of the East," but nonetheless guided it to unprecedented heights; Gary Williams returned to his alma mater in 1989, gradually propped up a team crippled by NCAA probation and had the last team standing at the conclusion of 2001-02 season. Maryland Basketball: Tales From Cole Field House revisits Terpsstars from Gene Shue, who made them a hot ticket in their final seasons at Ritchie, to Juan Dixon, another product of Baltimore's Catholic League who overcame a tumultuous upbringing and made the final three seasons at Cole so memorable. The national championship that he and

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• New
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 205mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 689g
• ISBN-13: 9780801872211
• ISBN-10: 0801872219
• Artikelnr.: 21421475

Autorenporträt

Paul McMullen has been a sports reporter for the Baltimore Sun since 1981. From 1993 through 2000, he was a beat reporter covering Terps football and then basketball. He has reported from seven Final Fours, the 2001 Orange Bowl, college football's national championship game, the Super Bowl, the Masters golf tournament and the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.