When the 65-team field is announced for the NCAA tournament in March, all the schools are lumped into one bracket. But, with the fact that no number-16 seed has ever beaten a number-1 seed serving as evidence, there is a group of schools in the bracket that are worlds apart from the BCS schools. Some of the schools, labeled the mid-majors make it into the Sweet 16, practically their version of making it to The Final Four. Rarely these days does a team go so far as George Mason University from the Colonial Athletic Conference did in 2006 when the Patriots played their way into The Final Four. Or Davidson, a little liberal arts school from Charlotte, taking Kansas all the way to the final seconds in the 2008 Midwest Regional final. The mid-majors have a better shot at knocking off the big boys. The low majors the schools from The Summit Conference, the Ivy League et al most often have no shot. Yet coaches from the low majors stake their careers and reputations at getting into the NCAA tournament field. Rich Zvosec was one of those coaches. Zvosec takes you into the world of low majors that s never been revealed before in detail. It s a world that involves less coaching. More on the time demands centered around fund-raising, commuting and handling off-the-court affairs. It wasn t unusual for Zvosec or any other coach on the low major level to be doing the team laundry, searching for housing on behalf of his players or finding themselves as make-shift mechanics when the commuter vehicles broke down. Such as filling a hole in the roof a van with a female hygiene product. Zvosec takes you into the world of coaching that makes you ask, Why do you do it? And most often the answer is, Because they love it.

Birds, Dogs and Kangaroos: Life on the Back Roads of College Basketball

Rich Zvosec

Biographies & Memoirs

Ascend Books

Do you bleed black and gold? Do your palms sweat when you enter Faurot Field, in anticipation of another Missouri football victory? Are your children named Chase, Norm, Gary or Mike? When you hear the term "Antlers," do you think of the craziest basketball fans in the country, rather than a deer grazing in a cornfield? Does the chant "Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk" make you head for the medicine cabinet to get some antacid for an upset stomach? 
If you can answer "yes" to any of these questions, For Tigers Fans Only!, is a must-read and sure fire way to keep you occupied when the Tigers are taking a break. It's the ultimate fan book, because it's written by the fans. "The fans at Missouri are so special," legendary Mizzou quarterback Chase Daniel said. "They have always been there for me, and I always wanted to be there for them. They made my time at Missouri something I will never forget." 
From the story of Independence residents Travis and Kristin Scott naming their son after Chase Daniel and having the quarterback hold the baby to the tale of Frank Wrisinger who passed away from Parkinson's disease and was buried in his favorite black and gold gear-it's all here in For Tigers Fans Only!. This is a book you will cherish and who knows, you might even find a story or vignette about your favorite Missouri sports moment in the book.

For Tigers Fans Only! Wonderful Stories Celebrating the Incredible Fans of the Missouri Tigers

Sports & Outdoors

Bill Althaus

with Rich Wolfe

Basketball

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