C. J. JONES knows college basketball from the inside, first as a player, then a coach, and now as Athletics Director at Central Connecticut State University. A METHOD TO MARCH MADNESS: AN INSIDER’S LOOK AT THE FINAL FOUR draws upon C. J.’s more than three decades of experience attending the Final Four. He has seen the Final Four grow from simply a popular college championship into the international, multibillion-dollar spectacle that it is today, and A METHOD TO MARCH MADNESS gives C. J.’s perspective on that transformation. Many well-known college basketball insiders have contributed behind-the-scenes stories, including Jim Calhoun, Dean Smith, Lute Olson, K. C. Jones, Gail Goodrich, Ray Meyer, and Howie Dickenman, among others. Featuring a four-color photographic section of Final Four memories, this book is of interest to all sports followers, from the casual hoops fan to the true college basketball junkie.

C.J. JONES is a 1969 graduate of Central Connecticut State University, where he lettered in basketball and baseball. A member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches for thirty-three years, C. J. is currently a member of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Issues Committee. Since 1995 he has been Director of Athletics at Central Connecticut State University.

TOM HAZUKA teaches English and fiction writing at Central Connecticut State University. He is the author of two novels, The Road to the Island and In the City of the Disappeared, and has coedited two anthologies of short stories, Flash Fiction and A Celestial Omnibus: Short Fiction on Faith.