'74: A Basketball Story

The untold drama of the 1974 NCAA Basketball Champions: the North Carolina State University Wolfpack As the 1973-74 college basketball season began, most experts expected John Wooden's UCLA Bruins-led by All-American Bill Walton-to win its eighth straight national championship. Only one team truly challenged them: an archetypal Naismith team--the NC State Wolfpack led by the dynamic trio Tommy Burleson, David Thompson, and Monte Towe recognized by many at the time as the best one-two-three punch in college basketball. Their historic run for the national championship was accentuated by challenges, successes, and failures. It was one of personal sacrifice and determination by a group of young men who pulled together amidst adversity to become one of the great college basketball teams ever.Author BiographyTimothy Brannan was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina where he attended NC State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy. He is a Viet-Nam veteran who served in Army Military Intelligence and Psychological Operations. He also holds a Master of Arts in Literature and Writing from NC State University and a Juris Doctor from Florida State University. Timothy has been a life-long college basketball fan and grew up following the Wolfpack on radio and later on television and, as often as he could get tickets, at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum. Timothy's fiction and poetry have been published in a variety of magazines and small press publications over the years. He is also the author of three previous novels: Into the Elephant Grass: A Viet-Nam Fable, TEACH, and Adventures in Another Paradise.