A season on the brink : a year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers

A Season on the Brink chronicles the basketball season that John Feinstein spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach, Bob Knight. Knight granted Feinstein an unprecedented inside look at college basketball -- with complete access to every moment of the season. Feinstein saw and heard it all -- practices, team meetings, strategy sessions, and mid-game huddles -- during Knight's struggle to avoid a losing season. A Season on the Brink not only captures the drama and pressure of big-time college basketball but paints a vivid portrait of a complex, brilliant coach walking a fine line between genius and madness. A chronicle of the 1985-86 season following the Indiana Hoosiers and their coach, Bob Knight through practice sessions, strategy sessions, private talks between Knight and his players, and mid-game huddles on the sidelines NOVEMBER 24, 1985. . . . The day was no different from any other that fall.