Dick Vitale's Fabulous 50 Players & Moments in College Basketball

In Dick Vitale's Fabulous 50 Players and Moments in College Basketball: From the Best Seat in the House During My 30 Years at ESPN, America's self-confessed number one college basketball junkie will go on the record, ranking his players and moments from 1 to 50. His personal pantheon might surprise you. The legends are here, of course. And they deserve to be. Consensus is that these are the greatest of the great. But some of his rankings may be unexpected. Kansas guard Mario Chalmers' three-point shot to force overtime against Memphis in the 2008 national championship game. Ralph Sampson of Virginia vs. Patrick Ewing of Georgetown in a 1983 reprise of the great showdown between Lew Alcindor and Elvin Hayes in the '60s. UCLA guard Tyus Edney's length-of-the-floor dash to glory against Missouri in the 1995 tournament. Michael Jordan's game winning shot against Georgetown in 1982 during his freshman year at North Carolina. Kentucky's 31point comeback against LSU in 1994. Cinderella George Mason upsetting Connecticut to make the Final Four in 2006. Every basketball fan has his or her favorites: the perfect player, the magical moments. But only Dick Vitale will go on the record, ranking them 1 through 50, and he'll do it as much as a fan as a commentator. This is from his heart, naming the top 50 players and moments in the wonderful world of college hoops. It's awesome, baby.

Weiss, Dick

Vitale, Dick

Biographies & Memoirs

Ascend Books, LLC

One of the winningest coaches in basketball speaks out on his experiences with the Kentucky Wildcats and the Knicks, his views on rival coaches and players, and more.

Full-Court Pressure: A Year in Kentucky Basketball

History

Pitino, Rick

Americas

Hyperion

The popular sports broadcaster shares his views on college basketball, and discusses players turning professional early, the impact of television, coaches' salaries, and the commercialism of college sports

Holding Court: Reflections on the Game I Love

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Masters Pr

Coach Mike Krzyzewski has been Duke University's men's basketball coach for 25 years concluding the 2004-2005 season. To honor his silver anniversary, Dick Weiss has interviewed everyone from former player Christian Laettner to Duke athletic director Joe Alleva piecing together the success Coach K has achieved and how he has become the face of college basketball.

True Blue : A Tribute to Mike Krzyzewski's Career at Duke

Boeheim, Jim

Featherston, Al

Sports Pub

Since joining ESPN in 1979, Dick Vitale has become the senior spokesman for college hoops. In Living A Dream, Vitale reveals details about his start at ESPN and shares his feelings about the most important people in the college basketball world. A must-have for any basketball fan.

Dick Vitale's Living A Dream: Reflections on 25 Years Sitting in the Best Seat in the House

Arts & Literature

Sports Publishing

It’s been over thirty years since Mike Krzyzewski became the head basketball coach at Duke University. And on November 15, 2011, Coach K became the most successful coach in NCAA Division I men’s basketball history with his 903rd victory. Now the impact and inspiration of this living legend is captured in this newly revised edition of True Blue. In this one-of-a-kind volume, Dick “Hoops” Weiss brings together over twenty of the friends, colleagues, and players who know Coach K best. From the reminiscences of Tom Butters, the A.D. who hired him, to the analysis of ESPN legend Dick Vitale, who covers the ACC on a regular basis, this book provides unparalleled, intimate insights into the Krzyzewski era at Duke. Players like Johnny Dawkins, Danny Ferry, Christian Laettner, Grant Hill, Shane Battier, and more all recall how they were recruited, played for The Captain, and emerged from their years at Duke as men prepared to take their places in the world. True Blue isn’t just a chronology of wins and losses. It is a portrait of a complex man who conceived and executed a simple plan: to make Duke basketball and himself the best they can be.

True Blue: A Tribute to Mike Krzyzewski's Career at Duke

In his 20 seasons on ESPN and ABC, Dick Vitale has been synonymous with college basketball. Through his passion and devotion to the game, Vitale has earned an ever-growing following with an enthusiasm for the game, its players and coaches never before seen in television. 
Having coached at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. Vitale brings an insider's perspective to each broadcast, and his lifelong relationships with the administrators, coaches and players provide him a wealth of knowledge few can equal. 
Behind every "get a TO, baby" and the "slam, jam, bam" resides in Vitale a growing concern for the sport that reels when yet another misguided underclassman announces he's going pro or a new recruiting or academic scandal arises. As much as Vitale is a fan courtside, he's also a champion of the game away from it, spending countless hours lobbying for rules changes or talking with athletic directors about ways to improve the game. 
Being so close to the sport, Vitale is infinitely aware of the big-business pressures that affect it today, from the billions of dollars spent by television networks to the controversy surrounding the entrance exam requirements. 
And having played and coached basketball, he truly cares about the kids and knows that the success of the sport rides on the shoulders of those student-athletes who proudly wear their school colors into battle. 
Here are Vitale's heartfelt thoughts on how to halt the off-court technical fouls of the sport he loves so deeply. 
In short, discusses the following: 
* clean up gambling * control agents and boosters * keep players in school * reform recruiting * restructure NCAA rules

Campus Chaos: Why the Game I Love Is Breaking My Heart

Sports & Outdoors

Basketball

Time Out Pub

Dick Vitale celebrates his 75th birthday to bring you his 75 years of memories and a lifetime of opinions on the game he loves. It's hard to believe Dick Vitale, ESPN's perennially youthful basketball analyst, is 75. From his blue-collar roots in New Jersey, his first college coaching job at Rutgers, his ultimate dream job with the Pistons (where he got the Ziggy!), to his 35 years at ESPN as a ""Prime-time Performahhh."" This is Vitale as youve never seen him an inside look at Americas favorite basketball fan. Learn the secret of his longevity in the fast-changing world of TV. ""Dicky V"" provides the die-hard hoops fan with his outspoken opinions on a range of topics including: the most intriguing coaches, players and owners in the sport and the changing landscape of college sports following conference realignment. From 1939 to 2014, youll get to know 75 years worth of history, facts, and opinions, as well as his thoughts on family, the game of basketball, and his passionate fight against childhood cancer. This book will give you new insights into Dick Vitale both the sportscaster and the humanitarian.

It's Awesome, Baby!: 75 Years of Memories and a Lifetime of Opinions on the Game I Love

Williamson, Joan

Reji Laberje Writing and Publishing

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