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Rebound! : The Incredible Story of UConn Basketball's Comeback from Defeat to Dominance /
In September 2012, legendary University of Connecticut men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun-who had won three national championships, the last in 2011-abruptly retired. His handpicked replacement was Kevin Ollie, a former UConn player and longtime NBA journeyman who had returned two years earlier...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lebanon NH :
ForeEdge,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In September 2012, legendary University of Connecticut men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun-who had won three national championships, the last in 2011-abruptly retired. His handpicked replacement was Kevin Ollie, a former UConn player and longtime NBA journeyman who had returned two years earlier to be Calhoun's assistant. Ollie was widely praised as a "basketball savant" and respected by virtually everyone who knew him. But he had no head coaching experience-at any level-before taking the UConn job. He was also inheriting a mess. Due to past academic problems, UConn was barred from postseason page. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (232 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781611687705 |