{"product_id":"best-game-ever-how-frank-mcguires-57-tar-heels-beat-wilt-and-revolutionized-college-basketball-9780762774272","title":"Best Game Ever: How Frank Mcguire's '57 Tar Heels Beat Wilt And Revolutionized College Basketball","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Best Game Ever\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a revealing look at the University of North Carolina Tar Heels' 1956-57 season, one of the most storied in college basketball history. From the first day of practice, when forward Lennie Rosenbluth predicted a winning season, to the final game, a triple-overtime victory over Wilt Chamberlain's legendary Kansas team, the season developed into what many sports historians believe was the start of college basketball hysteria not only on Tobacco Road, but nationwide. The 1956-57 Tar Heels finished a perfect 32-0. The only previous team in Carolina history to achieve perfection was the 1924 team, years before the NCAA Tournament was created.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Lucas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780762774272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Lucas\u003c\/b\u003e is the publisher of \u003ci\u003eTar Heel Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, America's most widely read magazine devoted to University of North Carolina athletics. He is a featured columnist on TarHeelBlue.com and the author or coauthor of six books on North Carolina basketball, including the program's official chronicle of its first 100 years, \u003ci\u003eCarolina Basketball: A Century of Excellence\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lyons Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44411350876275,"sku":"9780762774272","price":31.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b96c8cfd-0376-45f7-bdbc-6f4431513ecc.jpg?v=1772026347","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/best-game-ever-how-frank-mcguires-57-tar-heels-beat-wilt-and-revolutionized-college-basketball-9780762774272","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}