One Fantastic Ride: The Inside Story of Carolina BasketballÂ?s 2009 Championship Season

One Fantastic Ride: The Inside Story of Carolina BasketballÂ?s 2009 Championship Season
by Adam Lucas, Steve Kirschner, Matt Bowers

One Fantastic Ride: The Inside Story of Carolina BasketballÂ?s 2009 Championship Season
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Author: Adam Lucas, Matt Bowers, Steve Kirschner
Foreword: Roy Williams
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-11-02
ISBN: 0807833851
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press

Book Reviews of One Fantastic Ride: The Inside Story of Carolina BasketballÂ?s 2009 Championship Season

Book Review: Perfect for College Hoops Fans
Summary: 5 Stars

One Fantastic Ride is a great read! If you love college hoops and enjoy the inside scoop you'll love this book. I particularly loved all of the stories about the players and coaches -- the kind of access that we'd all love to have but rarely get. The descriptions of the important games throughout the season and the NCAA tournament provide new details and insight into coaching strategy and the relationships between and among the Carolina coaches and the Tar Heel players. Most of all, for anyone that loves UNC basketball, the book gives you an opportunity to extend that glorious feeling of UNC running through the 2009 tournament on a mission. Enjoy!

Summary of One Fantastic Ride: The Inside Story of Carolina BasketballÂ?s 2009 Championship Season

The University of North Carolina won its fifth NCAA basketball championship in 2009. To mark that accomplishment, Adam Lucas, Steve Kirschner, and Matt Bowers provide the only official history that chronicles the players and coaches involved in the championship season.





This is more than just a season-in-the-life book. This is a project that serves as the capstone for a senior class that has represented the quintessential Carolina Basketball experience, not only in their success on the court but their approach to life off it.





In the summer of 2005, five freshmen came to Chapel Hill. Little was expected of them at first; four years later, they will leave Carolina as the most decorated senior class in UNC history. One Fantastic Ride will be published in an oversized format, with eye-catching illustrations and insightful text. Photos include never-seen-before, behind-the-scenes shots. The book also includes sidebars by key figures in the history of the program, including Dean Smith, Michael Jordan, Phil Ford, and Woody Durham. Each chapter includes a Â?Thought for the DayÂ? that is taken directly from a Carolina Basketball practice plan, which are normally distributed only to Tar Heel coaches and players.

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