"""But the most powerful and successfully executed parts of the story revolve around the author's gritty, weirdly eloquent, and unfailingly thrilling depictions of BIG-TIME college basketball- the coaches and athletic directors, the money people and the fans, and especially the players. The narrative is thick with jazzy dialogue and sparkling character descriptions. The narrator, Skip Walker, the first coach to take a black college team to the NCAA Final Four, varies the sports talk with generous and often very funny digressions about his extended circle of family and friends. A raucous, off-kilter, and sometimes steamy tale about victories on an off the basketball court."" KIRKUS REVIEWS ""... a delightful read."" READER'S FAVORITE"