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Plot Summary of The Last Amateurs
"Feinstein writes a history of the 1999-2000 basketball season of the Patriot League, an NCAA division one league that normally gets one team into the tournament in March, "the big dance." This turns out to be the only reward for all the players in the league, and this team usually loses in the first round, because the Patriot League is truly one of the last bastions of amateurism in college athletics. The schools do not give scholarships for sports. They play in small gyms. They travel by bus. Feinstein describes the players, the coaches and gives a game by game account of the seven teams in the league: Army, Navy, Colgate, Lehigh, Holy Cross, Bucknell and Lafayette."
Jack Goodstein, Resident Scholar



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Kind Of History
Time of history: - 1990's
Nationality? - American--Northeast
History of Art? Yes
Kind of art - Sports

Subjects of this Historical Account
Is the portrayal sympathetic? - Sympathetic
Intelligence of subject of history: - Smart

Main Adversary
From a certain profession/group? - students
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
Is the portrayal sympathetic? - Sympathetic

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast

Style
How fast-paced is the book? - 6 ()
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Book makes you feel... - encouraged
How much focus on stories of individuals? - Focuses on brief history of a lot of players
How much romance? - 1 ()
Is this a kid's book? - Ages 14-16
Pictures/Illustrations? - A handful
Length of book - 450 pages+
How much emphasis on small details? - 5 ()
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