ThecharismaticbasketballcoachattheUniversityofConnecticutrevealsthevictorioussecretsbehindhisteam’sbreathtakingjourneytothe1999NCAADivisionINationalChampionship--andalongthewayshareshisphilosophyforwinning.Itwasoneofthosegamesthatbasketballfanswilltalkaboutforyears.HerewastheseeminglyunbeatableDukeBlueDevilspittedagainstthefirst-timefinalistConnecticutHuskies,andatstakewastheultimatecrown:theNationalChampionship.OnthatunforgettablenightinSt.Petersburg,JimCalhounandhisamazingteamwroteanewchapterinthestoriedhistoryoftheUConnHuskiesprogram,puttingtheperfectexclamationpointonaseasontoremember.ButbehindthehighdramathatfatefulnightinFloridalayanevenmorefascinatingtaleofoneman’srisetocollegebasketballpreeminence.InDaretoDream,theHuskiesiron-willedcoach,JimCalhoun,forthefirsttimeshareshisownstoryabouthisinspirationalfamilyandthetragediestheyfaced;abouthisearlysuccessfulyearsatNortheastern,wherehebegantocompilethefirsthalfofauniquedouble(he’stheonlycoachtohavewonatleast250gamesattwodifferentDivisionIschools);andabouthisassumptionofultimateresponsibilityatthesleepinggiantinStorrs,Connecticut.Alongtheway,JimCalhounpaintsfascinatingportraitsoftheplayerswhohavedonebattleforhim,andoftheunsungheroesbehindthesceneswhosehardworkanddedicationtoConnecticutbasketballhavekeptthedreamalive.Injustthirteenyears,JimCalhounhasturnedtheHuskiesintooneoftheleadingbasketballprogramsinthecountry,andinthismoving,funny,andinspiringbook,hetakesusbehindthescenestoshowusjusthowhedidit.
