In his latest book, Boston Ball (University of Nebraska Press, 2023), Boston College graduate Clayton Trutor tells the story of how Basketball Hall of Fame coaches Rick Pitino, Jim Calhoun, and Gary Williams—who collectively won six national championships and reached 13 Final Fours—cut their teeth coaching in the college gyms of Boston during the 1970s and early 1980s. Toiling in relative obscurity, Pitino (Boston University), Calhoun (Northeastern), and Williams (BC) played a significant role in the making of modern college basketball, igniting a renaissance of the “city game,” a style of play built on fast-breaking up-tempo offense, pressure defense, and board crashing. Trutor holds a Ph.D. in history from Boston College and teaches at Norwich University in Vermont. He writes about college football and basketball for SB Nation and is the author of the award-winning book Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta—and How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports.