The Men of March: A Season Inside the Lives of College Basketball Coaches

An interesting look at the lives of the coaches that Curtis profiled.. You get an understanding of how tough it is to coach at the Div. 1 level.

Great book, easy to read. Puts you behind the scenes of college basketball. Let's you glimpse into the lives of 10 great coaches.

As I saw in other reviews, the book doesn't always flow within chapters and there are some grammatical errors. However, if you have ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of big-time college basketball programs, this book is a must. The following of each team through their season took a back seat for me. What stood out was how coaches had to stay on top of their game, their players, their team, and their program on a daily basis. After reading this book you will have a much better understanding, and respect, for what coaches go through from year to year. You really get the sense that you are there, in the locker room, and you feel like the coaches are your next door neighbors. I definitely recommend this book to coaches, hoops fans, and sports fans in general.

This was a really terrific read. The anecdotes about players, coaches, recruiters, officials, and sports reporters are all interesting and some really funny. It's a pretty big book but it reads very fast. The politics of college basketball, from race conflicts, to academics, to the often nasty seduction of recruits, opened my eyes in a big way to these issues that usually get only brief treatment from the media. The coaches that the author followed are pretty stunning characters. I had no idea of the extent of their day-to-day obligations, or their perks. I strongly recommend this book for anybody with even a causual interest in sports. What'll stick with me most for a long time are incredible individual and group moments of pain, and victory, and laugh-out-loud humor. Definitely a good book.

This book was awesome. Once I picked it up I could not stop reading it. I even broke up with my girlfriend so that I could have time to finish it. We see the games on TV but this book goes where the cameras stop. These young, slick coaches know how to get the most out of their players. Now when I see coaches like Lavin and Self on TV I know what they might say at halftime or what they are thinking during the game. As a high school prospect myself, this books tells me all the things they don't send you in recruit letters, but should. I highly recommend this to anyone who is interested in College basketball. Bravo Mr. Curtis, thanks a lot!!!!!!!

Few books have grabbed my attention like "The Men of March." I really felt like I was at practice, in the hotels, on the airplanes, in the coaches meetings, and on the bench during the games. As a college hoops junkie, I have a better understanding of what the entire "job" is all about. You can't afford not to read this book and still call yourself a basketball fan!

This is a great book if you like hoops. I cannot believe that Curtis got all of the inside access at the four schools. The book is well-written and makes fascinating reading. Now, I have a much better understanding of what coaches go through. Highly recommend to any fan.

A must for any college basketball junkie. Some of the stories were simply incredible and I felt like a "fly on the wall." I loved the feeling of being right there in the locker room and getting inside the coaches' heads. I highly recommend this book!