Hoop Tales: UConn Huskies Men's Basketball (Hoop Tales)

Review
"I''ve been hooked on UConn basketball since I was a newly-arrived 17-year-old freshman at Litchfield Hall in the Jungle in 1961 and I spotted another newly-arrived freshman named Toby Kimball. He was 6-feet-9 and bald and I decided my new school might be pretty good at this sport. The ride since then has been nothing but a wonder and Bob Porter and Wayne Norman describe it all in this terrific book. I not only have read it, but sleep with it under my pillow every night."

--Leigh Montville, former Sports Illustrated senior writer and coauthor of Dare to Dream: Connecticut''s Remarkable March to the National Championship


Book Description
Relive the glory days of one of America''s premier men''s college basketball programs--the UConn Huskies. From its first moments of regional prominence against Holy Cross in the 1950s to the 2004 NCAA national championship team, this book takes you on a wild ride of New England basketball at its best.

Read about Wes Bialosuknia, the "Poughkeepsie Popper" of 1960s fame, who was perhaps the greatest shooter ever to wear a Husky uniform. Relive UConn''s glorious victories over Bill Bradley''s Princeton squad and Julius Erving''s UMass powerhouse. Then, of course, there''s the Jim Calhoun era, which has produced scores of great players, two national championships, and a lifetime of thrilling basketball moments and memories.

These eleven stories are must reading for all Husky fans. They entertain, inspire, and bring back to the spotlight the indomitable spirit and energy that is Huskymania.


From the Back Cover
Thrilling victories, crushing defeats, comical mishaps, and colorful coaches, players, and fans - these are the legendary moments and larger-than-life personalities that have made the UConn Huskies a b-ball favorite.
In Hoop Tales: UConn Huskies Men''s Basketball, radio analyst Wayne Norman and UConn alumnus Robert Porter share their favorite memories of this beloved team. Together you�2ll relive fifty years of highs and lows and become reacquainted with some of the team�2s all-time greatest heroes and legends including:

* Early standouts Art Quimby, Wes Bialosuknia, and Toby Kimball
* Ray Allen, perhaps the greatest all-around UConn player ever
* Jim Calhoun and the unforgettable 1999 and 2004 championships




About the Author
WAYNE NORMAN has been a UConn basketball and football radio commentator for twenty-five years. His broadcasts are currently on WTIC, Connecticut''s largest radio station, where he works with play-by-play announcer Joe D''Ambrosio. Wayne also has the longest continuously running morning radio show in the state at WILI-AM (1400).

ROBERT PORTER is a 1971 graduate of UConn and a lifelong Huskies fan. While in college, he did play-by-play broadcasts of UConn basketball games for radio station WHUS. He has done freelance sportswriting for papers in Connecticut, and he works full time as a consultant in international banking.




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Relive the glory days of one of America's premier men's college basketball programs--the UConn Huskies. From its first moments of regional prominence against Holy Cross in the 1950s to the 2003 NCAA national championship team, this book takes you on a wild ride of New England basketball at its best.

Read about Wes Bialosuknia, the "Poughkeepsie Popper" of 1960s fame, who was perhaps the greatest shooter ever to wear a Husky uniform. Relive UConn's glorious victories over Bill Bradley's Princeton squad and Julius Erving's UMass powerhouse. Then, of course, there's the Jim Calhoun era, which has produced scores of great players, two national championships, and a lifetime of thrilling basketball moments and memories.

These twelve stories are must reading for all Husky fans. They entertain, inspire, and bring back to the spotlight the indomitable spirit and energy that is Huskymania.


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