CHAPTER 4

People: The First Dimension of Success

It was a cool evening in April 2017, but the atmosphere was hot and wild. I was crushed in the middle of 50,000 screaming, euphoric fans at the intersection of Franklin Street and Columbia Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. After a long season, the University of North Carolina Tar Heels had just won their sixth NCAA basketball championship.

After that event, I thought about the teams that succeed in the NCAA tournament of 64 teams. With more than 350 NCAA Division I men’s basketball teams in the United States, why do the same programs show up year after year in the field of 64, the Sweet 16, ...

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