TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carlson,Chad
ED  - National Collegiate Athletic Association.
ED  - National Invitation Tournament.
TI  - Making March madness: the early years of the NCAA, NIT, and College Basketball Championships 1922-1951 
T2  - Sport, cuture & society
SN  - 9781682260333
AV  - GV 885.49 .N37 C25 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Fayetteville
PB  - University of Arkansas Press
KW  - NCAA Basketball Tournament
KW  - History
KW  - Basketball
KW  - Tournaments
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-408) and index; 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
ER  -