[Rummyfan]

Does Buster Roth have any correlation to Coach K? I hope not! The Dupont of the book also made me think of Duke, but Wolfe has stated it's an amalgam in order to get the right academic / athletic mix.

[RobFromGa]

I think that Coach K is honorable and runs a clean program. I am not sure that the boosters are all perfectly clean though. And wouldn't doubt if the basketball players get a little "help" in school.

I have wondered since I read the book about a question Wolfe raises:

Why do alumni and fans of a given college care a great deal about whether they win or lose? The athletes are basically recruited mercenaries, not at the school for the same reason as the students (in most cases), not living among the students or living the same lives they are (in most cases), and who are assembled for the purpose of plaing sports.

I am a big supporter of my college football and basketball team, and I don't understand why I care.

[eddie willers]

Does Buster Roth have any correlation to Coach K?

I was thinking of a Coach K too..... Bobby Knight.