Sports--March Madness EPISODES

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message A perfect shot, a miracle pass, and 2.1 seconds that forever altered basketball history. When Christian Laettner caught Grant Hill's 80-foot inbound pass, took one dribble, faked, and released his iconic buzzer-beater to give Duke a 104-103 overtime victory against Kentucky in the 1992 NCAA East Regional Final, he created what many still consider "The Last Great Game." Our book of the day, The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentu...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Basketball changed forever on March 26, 1979. What might have been just another NCAA championship game instead became the launching pad that transformed college basketball into the cultural phenomenon we now know as March Madness. Seth Davis' masterful book "When March Went Mad" chronicles this pivotal moment when Magic Johnson's Michigan State Spartans faced Larry Bird's undefeated Indiana State Sycamores. The magic of this match...

This is our final March Madness SPECIAL (Im sure some of you are sad 😢)

so lets discuss the most iconic ballad in all of sports, One Shining Moment and the accompanying video montage for the NCAA mens basketball championship game.

Key Points from the Episode:
Originally aired after the 1987 championship game

Great endorsements

My personal story of the first time I saw it

ENJOY tonights championship game

Other resources:
The Ultimate One Shining Moment for all the years
The 2021 One Shining...

Here's a SPECIAL episode--March Madness MOJO Minute--Final Four Edition!

As this NCAA tourney comes to a close with the Final Four games tonite and the championship game on Monday, I thought we would explore the most intriguing storyline remaining in this tournament--Coach Mike Krzyzewski's swan song.

To do so, we use former Duke Basketball player and now ESPN analyst Jay Bilas and his 2009 article turned into a book Toughness: Developing True Strength On and Off the Court
Key Points from the ...

Offering up another SPECIAL MOJO Minute--March Madness style--we appreciate GRIT and these two unique storylines playing out in this years NCAA college basketball tourney.

Our MOJO book of the day GRIT: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth helps us to see the metaphor of the sport of basketball in the game of life.

Key Points from the Episode:
Saint Peters historic win over Purdue to reach the Elite 8

Coach K's storybook run into tonite's match against Arkansas, a 1994 va...

Continuing our SPECIAL MOJO Minutes--March Madness style--we dig deep in The Anatomy of the NCAA upset.

Our MOJO book of the day, Spartan UP: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance by Joe DeSena helps us to understand the psychology of winning telephone pole by telephone pole!

Key Points from the Episode:
Watching the St. Peters v Kentucky first round game up-close reminded me to the Anatomy of the NCAA upset

The underdog team using the TV timeouts in...

Rounding out our SPECIAL MOJO March Madness MOJO minutes this week, we check in with perhaps the greatest coach of the 21st century, Duke mens basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski. In 2001, Coach K—his nickname because most people struggle with his last name—wrote a great book, wrote a great book, Leading with the Heart: Coach K’s Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business and Life

Key Points from the Episode:
Grab a Kleenex for todays story

Family is important

Coach K’s prayer before every ...

In keeping with our SPECIAL MOJO March Madness MOJO minute, we gain some wisdom today from perhaps the greatest college basketball coach of the 20th century, John Wooden in his book, Wooden: a Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off Court!
Key Points from the Episode:
Make today a masterpiece

Improve a little each day

The classic John Wooden coaching story of teaching the fundamentals by putting your socks on properly.

ENJOY the games today!

Other resources:
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In todays SPECIAL MOJO Minute, we talk about the cultural phenomenon known as March Madness by sharing Joe Lunardi's Bracketology: March Madness, College Basketball, and the Creation of a National Obsession.
Key Points from the Episode:
Great words from Gonzaga head mens basketball coach Mark Few

We end the UCLA greatest dynasty debate from the mid 1960's--mid 1970's

Enjoy the games and especially the thrill of victory to the agony of defeat because this tourney will have it all from buzzer be...