The charismatic basketball coach at the University of Connecticut
reveals the victorious secrets behind his team's breathtaking
journey to the 1999 NCAA Division I National Championship--and
along the way shares his philosophy for winning.
It was one of those games that basketball fans will talk about for
years. Here was the seemingly unbeatable Duke Blue Devils pitted
against the first-time finalist Connecticut Huskies, and at stake
was the ultimate crown: the National Championship. On that
unforgettable night in St. Petersburg, Jim Calhoun and his amazing
team wrote a new chapter in the storied history of the UConn
Huskies program, putting the perfect exclamation point on a season
to remember.
But behind the high drama that fateful night in Florida lay an even
more fascinating tale of one man's rise to college basketball
preeminence. In Dare to Dream, the Huskies iron-willed coach, Jim
Calhoun, for the first time shares his own story about his
inspirational family and the tragedies they faced; about his early
successful years at Northeastern, where he began to compile the
first half of a unique double (he's the only coach to have won at
least 250 games at two different Division I schools); and about his
assumption of ultimate responsibility at the sleeping giant in
Storrs, Connecticut.
Along the way, Jim Calhoun paints fascinating portraits of the
players who have done battle for him, and of the unsung heroes
behind the scenes whose hard work and dedication to Connecticut
basketball have kept the dream alive. In just thirteen years, Jim
Calhoun has turned the Huskies into one of the leading basketball
programs in the country, and in this moving, funny, and inspiring
book, he takes us behind the scenes to show us just how he did it.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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