Light Blue Reign: How a City Slicker, a Quiet Kansan, and a Mountain Man Built College Basketball's Longest-Lasting Dynasty

The 2009-2010 NCAA College Basketball Season marked the 100th anniversary of North Carolina basketball. The UNC Tar Heels have won two NCAA championships since 2005, and own more victories over the last half century than any other college team.

But it wasn't always that way.

For most of the first fifty years the team existed at UNC, the sport was an afterthought. But that all changed in 1952 with the arrival of Frank McGuire. When Roy Williams and the Tar Heels won the 2005 and 2009 national championships, they could thank Frank McGuire and his protégé, Dean Smith, for starting the tradition of triumph.

Art Chansky, who has covered UNC basketball for more than thirty years, constructs an intimate narrative of how three dramatically different coaches built the longest-lasting dynasty in college basketball.

The banners of those teams hang in the rafters today, warming the hearts of all those who have worshipped UNC's Light Blue Reign for more than fifty years-and counting. Part history, part centennial celebration, Light Blue Reign is not simply about one team's victories-it's about the dedication, passion, and love for a sport that players and fans of any loyalty will understand.