Badlands Basketball
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.10 (675 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0986263702 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 358 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Great book and a very fun read Amazon Customer Great book and a very fun read! You find yourself rooting for the characters in both life and the game on the court.. Amazon Customer said A great book, even if you don't like basketball - Strongly recommended.. I am hesitant to give anything 5 stars but this book was very well written and a very entertaining read. So much so, I stayed up all night to finish the book and I wasn't disappointed at the ending. In fact, I was surprised by the ending. My initial impression after reading the summary was that this wo. "Check this book out!" according to Customer. I very much enjoyed reading this book! As a sports fan and avid fiction reading, Badlands Basketball had my attention from the first page to the last. The author's passion for college basketball, and their detailed research, was quite evident; it was near impossible to set the book down during any of t
He lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan, with his wife Christina and their two children. Chris was born in Virginia and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. . He holds degrees from Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University and has worked as a journalist and author since 2008. About the Author Chris Berggren is an American writer and currently the author of two books, the travel narrative Somewhere in the Sand: In Search of Timbuktu (2009) and the novel Badlands Basketball (2015)
Behind the scenes, Dowkens is also doing everything he can to persuade Woods to do the unexpected by choosing South Dakota Tech over the major programs recruiting him. On the court, Dowkens’ conditioning plan is starting to pay off. Coach Dowkens does have on his roster Anthony King, a player with star-quality potential who’s never been pushed. It’s not all gloomy, though. Plus his local sports reporting nemesis informs him that his own athletic department views him as nothing more than a temporary replacement for his predecessor, who resigned unexpectedly after suffering a nervous breakdown. Jimmy Dowkens, a journeyman basketball coach, has just been given the chance he’s waited ten years for: an NCAA Division I head coaching position. And if that wasn’t enough his marriage is on the rocks, he’s feeling increasingly alienated from his 8-year-old son, and after a blowout loss in his home opener, he discovers that the lo
He holds degrees from Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University and has worked as a journalist and author since 2008. He lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan, with his wife Christina and their two children. Chris was born in Virginia and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. . Chris Berggren is an American writer and currently the author of two books, the travel narrati