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Bird at the buzzer : UConn, Notre Dame, and a women's basketball classic
- Title
- Bird at the buzzer : UConn, Notre Dame, and a women's basketball classic / Jeff Goldberg ; foreword by Doris Burke.
- Author
- Goldberg, Jeff
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2011]
- ©2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GV885.43.U44 G65 2011 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Burke, Doris
- Description
- xviii, 285 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- On March 6, 2001, the top two women<U+2019>s college basketball teams in the nation, UConn and Notre Dame, played what was arguably the greatest game in the history of the sport. When UConn<U+2019>s Sue Bird hit a twelve-foot pull-up jumper at the buzzer over national player of the year Ruth Riley in the Big East Tournament championship game, it marked the end of an epic contest that featured five future Olympians and eight first-round WNBA selections.
- Bird at the Buzzer re-creates this unique season with a detailed account of the games that led up to - and beyond - the tournament finale; profiles of the two coaches, UConn<U+2019>s Geno Auriemma and Notre Dame<U+2019>s Muffet McGraw; close-ups of the players who made the year so memorable; and, finally, an in-depth recap of the game worthy of being designated ESPN<U+2019>s first-ever women<U+2019>s basketball "Instant Classic."
- Author Jeff Goldberg shows us the drama on the court and behind the scenes as the big game pitted Riley and the upstarts from Notre Dame against what many believed was the most talented team in UConn history, under Hall of Fame coach Auriemma. A see-saw affair in which neither team led by more than eight points, the 2001 Big East championship game encapsulates the quintessential inside story of the individual talents and skills, team spirit and smarts, and the moment-by-moment realities of college athletics that made this season a snapshot of sports at its finest. (Publisher).
- Subjects
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Connecticut
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Basketball team)
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- Connecticut Huskies (Basketball team)
- University of Notre Dame Basketball
- University of Connecticut Basketball
- United States
- Basketball
- College sports > United States
- Basketball for women > United States
- Contents
- Tip-off -- First half -- Second half -- Overtime -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 9780803224117
- 0803224117
- 9780803245228
- 080324522X
- LCCN
- 2010035061
- OCLC
- ocn660801685
- 660801685
- SCSB-1587768
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library