{"product_id":"the-baron-and-the-bear-9780803288553","title":"The Baron and the Bear","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1966 NCAA basketball championship game, an all-white University of Kentucky team was beaten by the all black team from Texas Western College. The game helped destroy stereotypes about black athletes. Filled with revealing anecdotes, \u003cem\u003eThe Baron and the Bear \u003c\/em\u003eis the story of two passionate coaches and the teams they led through the ups and downs of a college basketball season.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An easy and enjoyable read and one the reader won't be able to put down.\"—Felix F. Chávez, \u003ci\u003eEl Paso Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a book that should be read by sports fans, especially those who enjoy college basketball. . . . It is difficult to tell a familiar story and make it new, yet Snell accomplishes this very task.\"—Tony Calandrillo, \u003ci\u003eSport in American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Baron and the Bear\u003c\/i\u003e answers the question, ‘What was Adolph Rupp really like?’ It captures Rupp and Rupp’s Runts as never before. It also demolishes the contention that Rupp was a racist. It’s about time.”—Coach Joe B. Hall, Rupp’s assistant and successor at the University of Kentucky, winner of the NCAA basketball championship in 1978\u003cbr\u003e“My grandmother used to say, if you want to change the world, wait for a door to open a crack and then kick it down. \u003ci\u003eThe Baron and the Bear\u003c\/i\u003e challenges conventional wisdom about coaches Adolph Rupp and Don Haskins and gives a good strong kick to a door that needed kicking.”—Nolan Richardson, Hall of Fame basketball coach for the University of Arkansas, winner of the NCAA championship in 1994\u003cbr\u003e“As David Snell makes clear, Texas Western’s historic win over Kentucky was both polarizing and transforming. It forced people to confront their stereotypes and biases, accelerating the momentum of the civil rights movement.”—Peter Dreier, professor of political science at Occidental College and author of \u003ci\u003eThe One Hundred Greatest Americans of the Twentieth Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e 1. A Drop of Water\u003cbr\u003e 2. “No Good, Even If It Goes!”\u003cbr\u003e 3. A New Direction\u003cbr\u003e 4. Brothers against the Bastard\u003cbr\u003e 5. The True Religion\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Big Change\u003cbr\u003e 7. A Synchronized Leap\u003cbr\u003e 8. Finding His Team\u003cbr\u003e 9. He Didn’t Recruit; He Chose\u003cbr\u003e 10. Never Gave It a Thought\u003cbr\u003e 11. Intensity, Thy Name Is Adolph\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Haskins Way\u003cbr\u003e 13. “Quite Improbable”\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Games Were the Break\u003cbr\u003e 15. Seeing Things I Really Like\u003cbr\u003e 16. Things That I Can’t\u003cbr\u003e 17. Give Iowa a Try\u003cbr\u003e 18. Neutral-Court Advantage\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Break from Hell\u003cbr\u003e 20. “The Secret of Basketball”\u003cbr\u003e 21. Togo Time\u003cbr\u003e 22. Clyde and the Commodores\u003cbr\u003e 23. They Could Be Very Good\u003cbr\u003e 24. The Naked Truth\u003cbr\u003e 25. Working Hard and Hardly Working\u003cbr\u003e 26. Tennessee Two-Step\u003cbr\u003e 27. Seattle Surprise\u003cbr\u003e 28. The Mountain Man and Cazzie\u003cbr\u003e 29. Time and Overtime\u003cbr\u003e 30. Larry Conley’s Ass\u003cbr\u003e 31. The Runnin’ Utes\u003cbr\u003e 32. The Real Championship Game\u003cbr\u003e 33. The Smart Money\u003cbr\u003e 34. And Then There Was David\u003cbr\u003e 35. An Unreal Thing\u003cbr\u003e 36. A Matter of Pride\u003cbr\u003e 37. He Changed Basketball\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Where Are They Now?\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: 1965–66 Team Rosters and Season Results\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405286121815,"sku":"9780803288553","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-baron-and-the-bear-9780803288553","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}