Neals384
03-13-2012, 06:06 PM
Discuss the new Duke Basketball Bluebook here.
I downloaded the new e-book to my Nook today and, well, I couldn't put it down. Sure, there's not much included that will be new to DBR regulars, but I really enjoyed the perspectives on the 2012 season and outlook for the NCAAs.
There is a detailed profile for Duke and the other 4 ACC teams in the NCAA tournament. The appendix lists the tournament records for the five coaches highlighted by the wonderful phrase "NIT Runners-up".
I loved the photos, quite a few of which are from the conference tournament.
There is discussion of the potential opponents for the ACC teams, but it's pretty limited. If you're looking for a detailed profile of Lehigh, it's not here.
Oh, there's a very nice introduction by Julian.
All-in-all it's very nicely done. It left me with a feeling of excitement about the tournament and a renewed sense of wanting all the ACC teams to do well - with one exception.
Suggestion: for people going to Greensboro it would be nice to have the rosters of all 8 or 9 teams included.
Quibbles - a few minor issues, but these do not detract from the overall quality of the e-book.
Three photos of Mason are mis-captioned "Miles".
Several photos are misformatted, with text overlaying the photo. (This may be a Nook-only problem).
At least one incorrect statement in the text: UNC "defeated every team in the league at least once". Not FSU.
There are just a couple hints that much of the material was written pre-confernece tournaments...Kansas is referred to as "a likely #1 seed".
There will be an updated bluebook for the sweet 16...
I downloaded the new e-book to my Nook today and, well, I couldn't put it down. Sure, there's not much included that will be new to DBR regulars, but I really enjoyed the perspectives on the 2012 season and outlook for the NCAAs.
There is a detailed profile for Duke and the other 4 ACC teams in the NCAA tournament. The appendix lists the tournament records for the five coaches highlighted by the wonderful phrase "NIT Runners-up".
I loved the photos, quite a few of which are from the conference tournament.
There is discussion of the potential opponents for the ACC teams, but it's pretty limited. If you're looking for a detailed profile of Lehigh, it's not here.
Oh, there's a very nice introduction by Julian.
All-in-all it's very nicely done. It left me with a feeling of excitement about the tournament and a renewed sense of wanting all the ACC teams to do well - with one exception.
Suggestion: for people going to Greensboro it would be nice to have the rosters of all 8 or 9 teams included.
Quibbles - a few minor issues, but these do not detract from the overall quality of the e-book.
Three photos of Mason are mis-captioned "Miles".
Several photos are misformatted, with text overlaying the photo. (This may be a Nook-only problem).
At least one incorrect statement in the text: UNC "defeated every team in the league at least once". Not FSU.
There are just a couple hints that much of the material was written pre-confernece tournaments...Kansas is referred to as "a likely #1 seed".
There will be an updated bluebook for the sweet 16...