In honor of March Madness, here are some books about NCAA basketball. We even have some fiction novels that feature college basketball, as well as some titles for readers in middle and high school, in addition to those for older readers.
Adult Nonfiction
ADOLP RUPP AS I KNEW HIM by Harry Lancaster (DBC 24595)
ADOLPH RUPP KENTUCKY’S BASKETBALL BARON by Russell Rice (DBC 15995)
BACK ROADS TO MARCH: THE UNSUNG, UNHERALDED, AND UNKNOWN HEROES OF A COLLEGE BASKETBALL SEASON by John Feinstein (DB 98811)
CITY GAME: TRIUMPH, SCANDAL, AND A LEGENDARY BASKETBALL TEAM by Matthew Goodman (DB 97442)
COACH’S LIFE: MY FORTY YEARS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL by Dean Smith (DB 49993)
DARE TO DREAM: CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL’S REMARKABLE MARCH TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP by Jim Calhoun (DBC 27991)
GAME CHANGERS: DEAN SMITH, CHARLIE SCOTT, AND THE ERA THAT TRANSFORMED A SOUTHERN COLLEGE TOWN by Art Chansky (DBC 06127)
GETTING OPEN: THE UNKNOWN STORY OF BILL GARRETT AND THE INTEGRATION OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL by Tom Graham (DBC 13596)
GLORY ROAD: MY STORY OF THE 1966 NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AND HOW ONE TEAM TRIUMPHED AGAINST THE ODDS AND CHANGED AMERICA FOREVER by Don Haskins (DBC 18444)
HEART OF A HUSKY: DETERMINATION, PRESERVERANCE, AND A QUEST FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP by Mel Thomas (DBC 27930)
I CAME AS A SHADOW by John Thompson (DB 106147)
INDENTURED: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE REBELLION AGAINST THE NCAA by Joseph Nocera (DB 83746)
LAST TEMPTATION OF RICK PITINO: A STORY OF CORRUPTION, SCANDAL, AND THE BIG BUSINESS OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL by Michael Y. Sokolove (DBC 15929)
LEGENDS CLUB: DEAN SMITH, MIKE KRZYZEWSKI, JIM VALVANO, AND AN EPIC COLLEGE BASKETBALL RIVALRY by John Feinstein (DB 84012)
SEASON INSIDE: ONE YEAR IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL by John Feinstein (DB 29466)
SHOCK THE WORLD: UCONN BASKETBALL IN THE CALHOUN ERA by Peter F. Burns (DBC 02525)
STRONG INSIDE: PERRY WALLACE AND THE COLLISION OF RACE AND SPORTS IN THE SOUTH by Andrew Maraniss (DB 81132)
YEAR AT THE TOP: KENTUCKY WILDCATS ’78-’79 by J. F. McGill (DBC 24571)
Adult Fiction
BARNEY POLAN’S GAME: NOVEL OF THE 1951 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCANDALS by Charles Rosen (DB 47213)
CHAMELEON: THE MARCH MADNESS MURDERS by Matthew O’Brien (DBC 17812)
FOUL SHOT by Doug Hornig (DB 22820)
Young Adult Nonfiction
WHEN MARCH WENT MAD: THE GAME THAT TRANSFORMED BASKETBALL by Seth Davis (DB 69289)
Young Adult Fiction
FINAL FOUR by Paul Volponi (DB 74787)
Juvenile Nonfiction
STRONG INSIDE: THE TRUE STORY OF HOW PERRY WALLACE BROKE COLLEGE BASKETBALL’S COLOR LINE by Andrew Maraniss (DB 87214) Grades 6-9
Juvenile Fiction
LAST SHOT: A FINAL FOUR MYSTERY by John Feinstein (DB 60035, BRC 01414) Grades 6-9
