Carlson, Chad, <br/><br/>
Making March madness :  the early years of the NCAA, NIT, and College Basketball Championships 1922-1951 / 
Chad Carlson. 
 - xvi, 429 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Sport, cuture & society .
 - Sport, culture & society (University of Arkansas Press) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-408) and index. 
<br/><br/>Prolegomena to the Tournaments, 1901-1937 -- Genesis of the Kansas City and New York City Tournaments, 1937-1938 -- The NABC and the Inaugural NCAA Tournament, 1938-1939 -- Toward Sustainability and Financial Solvency, 1939-1940 -- Early Peaks and Valleys, 1940-1942 -- New York City and True National Championships, 1942-1945 -- Postwar Boom, 1946-1950 -- The Scandal, Damage Control, and Alternate Options, 1950-1951 -- Epilogue : New Beginnings, with Leverage, 1952-2005 -- Appendix A : AAU National Tournament Champions, 1897-1952 -- Appendix B : Retrospective Polls, 1893-1952 -- Appendix C : Continuous College Basketball Postseason Tournaments, 1937-1952. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781682260333 168226033X 9781610756150 1610756150 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017933627 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>NCAA Basketball Tournament--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Basketball--Tournaments--History.<br/>Basketball--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV 885.49 .N37  / C25 2017