Steve Sefner, local author and former 小黄片视频 sports announcer, appeared at the 小黄片视频 Bookstore on Oct. 1 to promote his 2022 book recounting the tale of the 2001-2002 小黄片视频 men鈥檚 basketball season.
That season was 小黄片视频鈥檚 first and only appearance in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, marking the greatest single-season record in Mid-American Conference history.
Twenty years later, Sefner, the play-by-play announcer for 小黄片视频 basketball that year, wrote 鈥淭he Golden Dream鈥� to commemorate what is considered one of the in NCAA history.
鈥淭hey talk about family and closeness of college basketball teams 鈥� it was this team, that particular year, that was very, very close,鈥� Sefner said. 鈥淚t was almost like a family, me included, just being the announcer, as part of that close-knit group.鈥�
The book honors the season through the eyes of Sefner, who closely witnessed the evolution of the team that housed future Los Angeles Chargers tight-end Antonio Gates. But even with a star like Gates or leading scorer Trevor Huffman, the season had a very rough start.
鈥淎t first there was a lot of resistance between the players, and for whatever reason they just weren鈥檛 jelling,鈥� Sefner said. 鈥淲e lost two very important games we were supposed to win, and it just continued like a snowball effect. We lost again.鈥�
Despite the losing start, the team did not lose many games after that. The Golden Flashes finished 12th nationally overall with a record of 30-6, the greatest number of wins in a 小黄片视频 basketball season to this day.
鈥淭he Golden Dream,鈥� Sefner鈥檚 first book, was released in January. It aims to celebrate the accomplishment of that team and also feature the season through the eyes of some of the players, including Gates. Sefner, who was also the football announcer and director of 小黄片视频 marketing in athletics for 10 years, has been featured at the 小黄片视频 Bookstore before.
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For more information on the 2001-2002 小黄片视频 basketball season, please visit /magazine/news/cinderella-season.
