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“Not many people are aware of the drama of Ivy League basketball. Outside the Limelight is a wonderful tribute to one of the most undervalued conferences in college basketball. I know. I've got the tuition bills.” —Tony Kornheiser, ESPN “Growing up, I was very impressed with Bill Bradley, Jim McMillian, and Heyward Dotson. They fueled my interest in going to an Ivy League school. I hoped we as a team could duplicate the success they had at their schools. Kathy Orton introduces college basketball fans to the Ivy League beyond the well-known names and tells the story of the joys and sorrows of a season.”  —James Brown, CBS Sports and Showtime studio host “In my book, there is no such thing as an Ivy League player. There is such a thing as a basketball player who happens to play in the Ivy League. As Outside the Limelight reveals, when they come out of the locker room and step across the white line, they are basketball players, period.” —Pete Carril, former Princeton coach and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member

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Author:   Kathy Orton ,  John Feinstein
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Edition:   First Paperback Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780813594262

ISBN 10:   081359426
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   04 June 2018
Recommended Age:   From 16 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Preface 1 Origins of a League Part I Great Expectations 2 A Mom-and-Pop Store 3 Great Scott 4 Multicultural Quakers 5 Getting Under Way 6 Roll Crimson Pride 7 Backdoor Cuts 8 A Tradition Tarnished 9 Bright Lights, Big Stages Part II The Heart of the Season 10 Harvardization 11 Conference Calls 12 We Interrupt This Season . . . 13 The Road Is the Thing 14 Everyone Onto the Court 15 Brothers in Arms 16 A Rivalry Like No Other 17 Topsy-Turvy Weekend 18 Dreams Deferred 19 And the Winner Is . . . Part III Tournament Hoopiness 20 The Wait of Expectations Epilogue

Reviews

As someone who played in the Ivy League, and always wanted to write about it, Kathy Orton has beaten me to it. And good for her, for she's written a wonderful book that captures both the league's idiosyncrasies and its uniqueness. It's all here, the coaches trying to win in a league without athletic scholarships, the players grappling with their own basketball dreams, and the bus rides, too. In many ways the Ivy League is the last real amateur league in college basketball, a page out of a simpler basketball time, and Orton captures it all. I wish I had written it. --Bill Reynolds Brown '68 and Providence Journal sports columnist

Journalist Orton followed Ivy League men's basketball during the 2005-06 season, as Penn and Princeton battled for the top spot and Harvard, Cornell, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, and Columbia struggled to achieve winning records. This charming book recalls a time when colleges played basketball solely for the love of the sport. Highly recommended. --Choice Growing up, I was very impressed with Bill Bradley, Jim McMillian and Heyward Dotson. They fueled my interest in going to an Ivy League school. I hoped we as a team could duplicate the success they had at their schools. Kathy Orton introduces college basketball fans to the Ivy League beyond the well-known names and tells the story of the joys and sorrows of a season. --James Brown Harvard '73 and CBS Sports/Showtime studio host As someone who played in the Ivy League, and always wanted to write about it, Kathy Orton has beaten me to it. And good for her, for she's written a wonderful book that captures both the league's idiosyncrasies and its uniqueness. It's all here, the coaches trying to win in a league without athletic scholarships, the players grappling with their own basketball dreams, and the bus rides, too. In many ways the Ivy League is the last real amateur league in college basketball, a page out of a simpler basketball time, and Orton captures it all. I wish I had written it. --Bill Reynolds Brown '68 and Providence Journal sports columnist Orton has honored [these players] with her thoughtful account. --Town Topics Orton provide[s] a fresh look at the non-scholarship, true student athletes in the game. --The Saratogian Not many people are aware of the drama of Ivy League basketball. Outside the Limelight is a wonderful tribute to one of the most undervalued conferences in college basketball. I know. I've got the tuition bills. --Tony Kornheiser Washington Post and ESPN In my book, there's no such thing as an Ivy League player. There is such a thing as a basketball player who happens to play in the Ivy League. As Outside the Limelight reveals, when they come out of the locker room and step across the white line, they are basketball players. Period. --Pete Carril former Princeton coach and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member Orton, a Washington Post sports writer, makes a game effort of illuminating the inside game of a sport that has been remarkably monotonous in its outcome. --Bloomberg News

Author Information

KATHY ORTON covered college basketball for the Washington Post for more than a decade. She was also the newspaper's beat writer on the NFL's Baltimore Ravens for two seasons, including their Super Bowl season in 2000.

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