Point of View

The novel is written in the third-person point of view from the perspective of the author, John Feinstein. The novel swings back and forth between the present and the past. The present represents the time during the Final Four. The past represents the time leading up to the Final Four.

The point of view of this novel is intimate, allowing a reader to connect closely with each character in the novel. The book written in this manner allows the reader to get inside the heads of the characters and learn their inner thoughts and inner struggles. The reader cares what happens to the characters. The point of view also allows the author to inject his own opinions into the narration and to expand on the events taking place around the other characters and the occurrences taking place.

Setting

The novel is set primarily in New...