Synopses & Reviews
Thrilling victories, crushing defeats, comical mishaps, and colorful coaches, players, and fansthese are the legendary moments and larger-than-life personalities that have made the Maryland Terrapins college hoops favorite.
In Hoop Tales: Maryland Terrapins Men's Basketball, veteran broadcaster Johnny Holliday shares his favorite memories of this beloved team. Together you'll relive the highs and lows and become reacquainted with some of the teams all-time greatest heroes and legends including:
- Coach Lefty Driesell, Midnight Madness, and the Terrapins' rise to national prominence
- The brilliant yet tragically brief career of superstar Lenny Bias
- The Terps' escalating rivalry with the perennially tough Duke Blue Devils
- Maryland coach and alum Gary Williams and his 2002 national championship team.
Synopsis
A lively, compact history of the important players, astonishing games, and rich traditions of the University of Maryland men's basketball program, this book includes candid observations from coaches, players, officials, and fans.
Synopsis
A lively, compact history of the important players, astonishing games, and rich traditions of the University of Maryland men's basketball program, this book includes candid observations from coaches, players, officials, and fans. "There is no one more qualified to be your tour guide through any kind of history of Maryland basketball, whether it focuses on last season or twenty-five seasons ago, than Johnny Holliday. Not only has he been there all those years, but he really does know all the people who have been a part of the ups and the downs the program has gone through, not just the coaches but the players, the doctors, trainers, (and) heck, even the reporters who have covered the team."
-- From the Foreword by John Feinstein
About the Author
Johnny Holliday has been the radio voice of the Terrapins since 1979. His ABC Sports Radio reports are played on radios across the United States, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has enshrined his early disc jockey broadcasts.
Maryland alum Stephen Moore co-authored Johnny Holliday's 2002 autobiography From Rock To Jock. Moore is a long-time hoops fan and freelance writer. He is also the director of Advanced Research Computing (ARC) at Georgetown University.
Table of Contents
(1) Hatching the Turtle (2) True Believers (3) The Men in Striped Shirts (4) Duke Duels (5) Adrian Branch in OT (6) Lenny Bias (7) Billy, Walt, and Keith (8) Greatness by the Numbers (9) The Greatest Game Ever (10) Gary's Turning Points (11) Two Great Coaches (12) Champions (13) Home Court Advantages