On March 18, 1980, the Duke basketball program announced the hiring of
Mike Krzyzewski, the man who would restore glory to the team. The only
problem: no one knew who Krzyzewski was. Nine days later, Jim Valvano
was hired by North Carolina State to be their new head coach. The hiring
didn't raise as many eyebrows, but the two new coaches had a similar
goal: to unseat North Carolina's Dean Smith as the king of college
basketball. And just like that, the most sensational competitive decade
in history was about to unfold. In the skillful hands of John Feinstein,
The Legends Club captures an era in American sport and culture,
documenting the inside view of a decade of absolutely incredible
competition. Feinstein pulls back the curtain on the recruiting wars,
the intensely personal competition that wasn't always friendly, the
enormous pressure and national stakes, and the battle for the very soul
of college basketball.