March Madness

March Madness has begun. As you are cheering for your favorite college team, how about checking out some basketball books--some old, some new? These recommendations come from fellow basketball fans.

Some oldies but goodies

Blind Your Ponies by Stanley Gordon West

The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam

The City Game: Basketball in New York from the World Champion Knicks to the World of the Playgrounds  by Pete Axthelm

My Losing Season by Pat Conroy

Some hot off the press

Brave Dragons: A Chinese Basketball Team, an American Coach, and Two Cultures Clashing by Jim Yardley 

Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey From the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench by Mark Titus 

The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentucky and the 2.1 Seconds That Changed Basketball by Gene Wojciechowski