Tournament town, Kansas City
Subtitle: where the basketball madness began
By: by Blair Kerkhoff & the Kansas City Star ; foreword by Dick Vitale
Contributors: Kansas City Star (Firm)
Publisher: Kansas City Star Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Kansas City, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781611690316
Subjects: Basketball; Tournaments; History; Basketball players; Basketball coaches; Joueurs de basket-ball; Basket-ball; Entraîneurs; NCAA Basketball Tournament; NCAA Basketball Tournament. fast (OCoLC)fst01408992; Amateur Athletic Union of the United States; National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics; Big Eight Conference; Kansas City Kings (Basketball team)
Description: "The madness started in Kansas City. Long before 68-team brackets, championships in massive stadiums, selection Sunday and even Dickie V., college basketball tournament frenzy was a March tradition in Kansas City. From the first tip-off in 1905--an event that attracted thousands--tournaments of the AAU, NAIA, NCAA and Big Eight/12 found homes in the downdown landscape and became part of Kansas City's sports DNA"--Front jacket flap.