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(More customer reviews)If you followed the Tar Heels to the National Championsip in 2009 (and I literally followed them to Detroit in April that year, seeing every game that season) you will hardly be able to put this book down.
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Get ready to board the same roller coasterthat the North Carolina Tar Heels rode all the way to the2009 national championship. Dan Wiederer, who covered theteam as a reporter with The Fayetteville Observer, providesan insider's view of an unforgettable season that includedups, downs, twists, and turns.
From a startlingand dispiriting 2008 Final Four loss to Kansas to theblowout defeat of Michigan State in the next year's nationaltitle game, you'll relive record-breaking performances,exhilarating victories and losses that caused panic.
Discover what went on behind closed doors withnever-before-told tales from players, coaches, and mediamembers who were there every step of the way. Plus, you'llread hilarious anecdotes of how the UNC players keptthemselves entertained and came together off the basketballcourt.
In addition to going behind the scenes withthe title-winning team, you'll join Wiederer as he analyzeswhere its players rank in the pantheon of UNC greats, andyou'll discover the role that former players continue toplay at the school. Discover what makes North Carolinabasketball so great and relive one of its most unforgettableseasons ever in Blue Streak.
