Publisher's Synopsis
Rick pitino, the youngest head coach to step into the spotlight of an nba court relives, step-by-step, the games and strategies of the 1987-1988 season and his attempts to transform the beleaguered new york knicks into a winning team. In 1986, rick pitino took the providence college friars, players judged too small, too slow, too something, and brought them to college basketball's holy grail, the final tour. He made college kids perform better than anyone thought possible, and was named ncaa coach of the year. Can he return home to new york and to his dream job to prove his method will work with the high-priced knicks whose losing streak has become a way of life? NOT UK/OM
