Exclusive excerpt from The Unlikeliest Champion

With Lamb slumping, the Huskies lost the two games to Pittsburgh and Notre Dame when in either case—especially against Notre Dame—one more scorer could’ve propelled the Huskies to a victory. Napier and Smith at least played well against the Irish, but getting little contribution from the starting shooting guard didn’t help. Lamb combined for just seventeen points in those two games. Slowly though he began to gain his sea legs, and earn his title as “Kemba Walker’s wing man.” And it all started innocently with a text exchange between the young freshman and his father. Since his retirement as a basketball player, Rolando Lamb has worn many hats in the professional world, most recently as a highly sought after motivational speaker, and someone nicknamed by his peers as “America’s Character Coach.” And in mid-January of 2011, Rolando Lamb challenged the character of his son, not only to overcome adversity on the basketball court, but to face a life obstacle head-on. “It was the middle o...