The best game ever

By Adam Lucas

Subjects: Basketball, biography, University of Kansas, Biography, North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball team), University of kansas, history, Basketball, Basketball coaches, SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball, Basketball, history, Kansas Jayhawks (Basketball team), SPORTS & RECREATION / General, University of north carolina, Coaches (athletics), History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Description: "The Best Game Ever is a revealing look at the University of North Carolina Tar Heels' 1956-57 season, one of the most storied in college basketball history. From the first day of practice, when forward Lennie Rosenbluth predicted a winning season, to the final game, a triple-overtime victory over Wilt Chamberlain's legendary Kansas team, the season developed into what many sports historians believe was the start of college basketball hysteria not only on Tobacco Road, but nationwide. The 1956-57 Tar Heels finished a perfect 32-0. The only previous team in Carolina history to achieve perfection was the 1924 team, years before the NCAA Tournament was created"--