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The definitive book on the greatest game in the history of college basketball, and the dramatic road both teams took to get there.

March 28, 1992. The final of the NCAA East Regional, Duke vs. Kentucky. The 17,848 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia and the millions watching on TV could say they saw the greatest game and the greatest shot in the history of college basketball. But it wasn't just the final play of the game-an 80-foot inbounds bass from Grant Hill to Christian Laettner with 2.1 seconds left in overtime- that made Duke's 105-104 victory so memorable. The Kentucky and Duke players and coaches arrived at that point from very different places, each with a unique story to tell.

In "The Last Great Game," acclaimed ESPN columnist Gene Wojciechowski tells their stories in vivid detail, turning the game we think we remember into a drama filled with suspense, humor, revelations and reverberations. The cast alone is worth meeting again: Mike Krzyzewski, Rick Pitino, Bobby Hurley, Jamal Mashburn, Christian Laettner, Sean Woods, Grant Hill, and Bobby Knight. Timed for the game's 20th anniversary, "The Last Great Game" isn't a book just for Duke or Kentucky or even basketball fans. It's a book for any reader who can appreciate that great moments in sports are the result of hard work, careful preparation, group psychology, and a little luck.

Heaven Is a Playground by Rick Telander

The Last Shot by Darcy Frey

In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle by Madeleine Blais

The Punch by John Feinstein

The Miracle of St. Anthony by Adrian Wojnarowski

Tip-Off by Filip Bondy

The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam

The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons

When March Went Mad by Seth Davis

Play Their Hearts Out by George Dohrmann

A Season on the Brink by John Feinstein

Loose Balls by Terry Pluto

The Last Amateurs by John Feinstein

A March to Madness by John Feinstein

Boys Among Men by Jonathan Abrams

The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith

The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the Americas Cup, Twice by Julian Guthrie

Inverting The Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson

Trading Bases by Joe Peta

Judo by Hayward Nishioka