In preparation for a new book, a few years ago, author Kathy Orton spent a full season following around the Ivy League basketball teams, even attending some games at Cornell. The book is now available for pre-order. It is a must read for any serious Ivy League basketball fan.Available at Amazon.com and Borders.com
Amazon.com Review:
With painstaking reportage, Kathy Orton vividly captures the internal fervor of the personalities who champion their game—all the triumphs and disappointments of an Ivy hoop season. Scholarships for student athletes? None, and this is the only Division I conference that does not offer them. The TV spotlight? It barely shines, despite the passion, talent, and commitment of the players. Megadollar contracts from the NBA? Rarely does a player receive an offer. These age-old institutions are better known for turning out presidents, not point guards, and CEOs and captains of industry, not centers on the court.
Orton weaves together the stories of coaches and players as they move from fall practice through an entire season and ahead to the NCAA tournament. From Harvard to Penn, Princeton to Cornell and beyond, players—perhaps more accustomed to pomp and circumstance—face leaky gyms, endure long bus rides, rigorous courseloads, and unbearable exam schedules. Why? Just to prove they can hang with the big boys despite juggling multiple non-athletic responsibilities? Maybe. But more importantly, for the sincere love of the game.
Amazon.com Product Description
Outside the Limelight is the first book to look inside Ivy League basketball. Kathy Orton weaves together the stories of coaches and players as they move from fall practice through an entire season and ahead to the NCAA tournament. Vividly capturing the internal fervor of the personalities who champion their game—all the triumphs and disappointments of an Ivy hoop season.
6 comments:
this is just a brutal rip-off the book about the patriot league.
they play for the love of the game????? if youre into cliches, this is probably the book for you
having said all that, ill probably read the book just because itd be cool to see players names that i recognize in text
This is not the first book following IVY league basketball.
I was at the Barnes and Nobles at Penn and read part of a book about the '05-'06 or '06-'07 Quaker team. It seemed pretty good, but I can't find it online.
Maybe our resident Penn fan would know more.
I've never read it so I can't vouch for it, but by the subtitle you can see it's a little out of date.
http://www.amazon.com/Jumping-Through-Hoops-Penn-Wins/dp/1933822074/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247947344&sr=1-3
The Penn book was written by a Philadelphian about Penn.
Which season does the book follow in the Ivy League?
It was a couple years ago when she began writing the book, so I want to say the 2005-2006 season (or possibly the 2006-2007 season_. But I seem to remember she attended Cornell's game at Syracuse in the Coaches v. Cancer. She was not writing during a season where Cornell won a title.
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