You don’t have to be a Tar Heel or Blue Devil to like [THLT], because it’s funny, perceptive, and smart. — Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
An exceptionally entertaining parable in defense of good, healthy, all-American loathing.... an animosity the whole family can share. — New York Post
The best book about politics I´ve read since All the King´s Men ... it’s about basketball [like] Moby Dick is about whaling. — Hartford Courant
“A revelation.... an elegant testament to the way pastimes are far more than ways to pass the time.” — Publishers Weekly (signature review)
“The kind of sportswriting that comes along so rarely you can count the classics on one hand . . . read this book.” — Play (New York Times Magazine sports supplement)
“Blythe seduces with his story of Southern identity...passed down from fathers to their roaming sons...raucous, tender, and fierce.” — Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of "Random Family"
“The best book on basketball I have ever read ... destined to become a classic of sports literature.” — Pat Conroy
“Not since Exley’s A Fan’s Notes has anyone produced such a graceful and elegiac evocation of place, family, and sport”. — Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead
Goes far beyond the facile John Feinstein “inside a season” formula ... [Blythe] writes amusingly, self-deprecatingly and often beautifully. — New York Times Book Review
Blythe writes like a wizard ... Even if college basketball isn’t your obsession, you’ll get caught up in this. — Elle
Hilarious and remarkably wise ... you don’t want to say too much about [this book], for fear of spoiling the surprises. — Sports Illustrated
Blythe makes you want to scream from the sidelines... while his hate is contagious, the obvious affection behind it remains. — New York Post
Blythe brings great wit, style, and insight... a long-awaited American answer to Fever Pitch. — Baltimore Sun
The best book about loving a team since “A Fan’s Notes” ... [a book] about a lot more than basketball. — Greensboro News & Record