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<b>Prologue: Digger the Player, to Digger the Coach, to Digger the Fan xxiii</b> <p><b>Introduction 1</b></p> <p><b>Part I: Basketball 101 5</b></p> <p>Chapter 1: Bare-Bones Basketball 7</p> <p>Chapter 2: The Wear and Where of Basketball 17</p> <p>Chapter 3: The Rules 29</p> <p>Chapter 4: Statistics 45</p> <p><b>Part II: The Fundamentals of Basketball 65</b></p> <p>Chapter 5: Shooting 67</p> <p>Chapter 6: Offense 87</p> <p>Chapter 7: Defense 109</p> <p>Chapter 8: Rebounding 145</p> <p>Chapter 9: Moves, Plays, and Strategies 161</p> <p><b>Part III: The Game 179</b></p> <p>Chapter 10: Pickup Basketball 181</p> <p>Chapter 11: High School Basketball 199</p> <p>Chapter 12: College Basketball 213</p> <p>Chapter 13: Professional Basketball 233</p> <p>Chapter 14: International Basketball 257</p> <p><b>Part IV: And You Don’t Have to Pick Up a Ball 277</b></p> <p>Chapter 15: You Don’t Need to Play to Be a Fan 279</p> <p>Chapter 16: Filling Out Your NCAA Tournament Bracket 295</p> <p><b>Part V: The Part of Tens 317</b></p> <p>Chapter 17: Ten Games That Changed the Course of Basketball History 319</p> <p>Chapter 18: Ten Best Basketball Websites 327</p> <p>Chapter 19: Ten NBA Legends 331</p> <p>Chapter 20: Ten Important Dates in Basketball History 337</p> <p><b>Part VI: Appendixes 345</b></p> <p>Appendix A: Glossary of Basketball Terms 347</p> <p>Appendix B: Drilling the Basics 357</p> <p><b>Index 373</b></p>

<p><b>Richard “Digger” Phelps</b> is the former coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball team. Today, he’s a college basketball analyst for ESPN. <p><b>John Walters</b> is a writer at <i>The Daily,</i> an iPad-only national publication. He was a reporter and staff writer at <i>Sports Illustrated</i> for 14 years. <p><b>Tim Bourret</b> is the sports information director at Clemson University.

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