Underdawgs: How Brad Stevens and Butler University Built the Bulldogs for March Madness

David Woods

Underdawgs: How Brad Stevens and Butler University Built the Bulldogs for March Madness
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Scribner Book Company
Country
United States
Published
31 January 2012
Pages
320
ISBN
9781451610581

Underdawgs: How Brad Stevens and Butler University Built the Bulldogs for March Madness

David Woods

In the best John Feinstein tradition (Booklist) the greatest college basketball story in decades–the Butler Bulldogs and their improbable run to two straight NCAA National Championship games–now updated in paperback.Butler University in Indianapolis became the smallest school in forty years to reach the NCAA championship game. Calculated as a 200-to-1 shot to win, Butler came this close to beating the heavily favored, perennial leaders of college basketball: the Duke Blue Devils in 2010. And in 2011, Butler advanced again to the finals, ultimately losing to UConn–but accomplishing so much. Underdawgs tells the incredible and uplifting story. Butler’s coach, thirty-three-year-old Brad Stevens, looked so young he was often mistaken for one of the players, but he had quickly become one of the best coaches in the nation by employing the Butler Way. This philosophy of basketball and life, adopted by the program, is based on five principles: humility, passion, unity, servanthood, and thankfulness. Even the most casual observer could see this in every player, on the court and off, from 2010 NBA first-round draft pick Gordon Hayward to the last guy on the bench.Much more than a sports story, Underdawgs is the consummate David vs. Goliath tale–the Bulldogs proved they belonged in the spotlight and, in the process, won the hearts of sports fans everywhere.

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