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OU_Country
10/18/2017 11:24 AM
I know we've done this before, but I always enjoy the conversation that comes from it. With the season right around the corner, let's talk about favorite basketball movies. I'll lead off with my two favorites:

The first, and most obvious is Hoosiers. It's on my watch list this week. My personal favorite though is Coach Carter. What are some others you like fellow 'Attackers?

I always try to watch a couple right before the season starts to get a little extra excitement for the season's start.
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GoCats105
10/18/2017 12:26 PM
Hoop Dreams is a fantastic documentary if you get a chance to see it.

Blue Chips
Teen Wolf

Some of the recent ESPN 30 for 30's have become some of my favorite movies actually, probably because they are true.

Guru of Go - story of Paul Westhead and "the system" at Loyola Marymount

Unguarded - story of Chris Herren of BC/Fresno/NBA who struggled with drug addiction

Survive and Advance - story of Jimmy V and NC State

The Fab Five - story of Michigan's Fab Five
Last Edited: 10/18/2017 12:26:58 PM by GoCats105
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SBH
10/18/2017 3:19 PM
Didn't Jack Nicholson direct a college BBall movie called "Drive, He Said" in the 1970s - filmed on the OU campus and in the Convo?
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OUVan
10/18/2017 3:23 PM
SBH wrote:expand_more
Didn't Jack Nicholson direct a college BBall movie called "Drive, He Said" in the 1970s - filmed on the OU campus and in the Convo?
Filmed in Oregon.
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OUVan
10/18/2017 3:25 PM
Hoosiers is the gold standard (I still get goosebumps when Jimmy Chitwood says "I'll make it.") I liked Glory Road as well.
Last Edited: 10/18/2017 3:26:29 PM by OUVan
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Obc2
10/18/2017 6:30 PM
my favorite features a character named Billy Ho who cant hear jimi hendrix
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greencat
10/18/2017 7:57 PM
I like the movie with Billy Hoyal in it too!

But anyway this is how I rank my top 3 all-time:

1) Hoosiers

2) Blue Chips

3) Glory Road

Honorable mention:
White Men Can't Jump
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Coach Carter
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Alan Swank
10/18/2017 9:08 PM
OUVan wrote:expand_more
Hoosiers is the gold standard (I still get goosebumps when Jimmy Chitwood says "I'll make it.") I liked Glory Road as well.
Agreed and having visited and shot hoops in that gym, it will always be special to me.
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Deciduous Forest Cat
10/18/2017 9:28 PM
Come on! No love for the fish that saved Pittsburgh?
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shabamon
10/18/2017 10:14 PM
Coach Carter is a little too Disneyfied for me, though they did make a conscious effort to cast actors who could actually play basketball, so the game scenes are believable. Glory Road is over the top Disneyfied.

My favorite is probably Love and Basketball.
Last Edited: 10/18/2017 10:15:46 PM by shabamon
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RSBobcat
10/18/2017 11:55 PM
I like this one - especially since I was in the room when it was filmed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBF7aoPKbBY
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RSBobcat
10/18/2017 11:58 PM
and this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLfX1G6TLF4
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RSBobcat
10/18/2017 11:59 PM
and this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6ToCRgH8fg
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RSBobcat
10/19/2017 12:00 AM
Not fan of "fiction"
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GoCats105
10/19/2017 8:03 AM
shabamon wrote:expand_more
Coach Carter is a little too Disneyfied for me, though they did make a conscious effort to cast actors who could actually play basketball, so the game scenes are believable. Glory Road is over the top Disneyfied.

My favorite is probably Love and Basketball.
Damnit, I always forget Love & Basketball.

Others I forgot to mention:

Above the Rim
30 for 30 "Without Bias"
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Ohio69
10/19/2017 8:39 AM
Hoosiers. No doubt.

Glory Road was pretty good.

The TV show The White Shadow is underrated.
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oldkatz
10/19/2017 8:55 AM
Deciduous Forest Cat wrote:expand_more
Come on! No love for the fish that saved Pittsburgh?
THIS!!!! Beat me to it.
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OU_Country
10/19/2017 11:03 AM
RSBobcat wrote:expand_more
Not fan of "fiction"
So you're not a believer in "The Force"? Are you Han Solo?
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OhioStunter
10/19/2017 5:36 PM
I read somewhere on the internet that SpaceJam was based on a true story.
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greencat
10/19/2017 7:22 PM
OhioStunter wrote:expand_more
I read somewhere on the internet that SpaceJam was based on a true story.
This is what Space Jam was...

https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-jumping-the-shark-2483371
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Buckeye to Bobcat
10/19/2017 7:26 PM
Always Hoosiers......

Welcome to Indiana Basketball.....

nothing like it
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RSBobcat
10/19/2017 10:33 PM
OU_Country wrote:expand_more
Not fan of "fiction"
So you're not a believer in "The Force"? Are you Han Solo?
No - But I do believe in the Green Kool Aid...... :)

It only works though if consumed in moderation, and the occasional well timed Big Gulp.......
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OhioCatFan
10/20/2017 12:16 AM
RSBobcat wrote:expand_more
Not fan of "fiction"
And, I liked your last two better. I'm not a fan of sad endings! ;-)
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OhioCatFan
10/20/2017 12:19 AM

This is not a movie, but a book -- but it's real winner: One Basketball & Glory

In my opinion, this should be movie, or maybe an ESPN mini-series. 

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bobcatsquared
10/20/2017 8:42 AM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
This is not a movie, but a book -- but it's real winner: https://www.amazon.com/One-basketball-glory-Newt-Oliver/d...
In my opinion, this should be movie, or maybe an ESPN mini-series.
Newt Oliver, the author of One Basketbal & Glory, passed away earlier this week at the age of 93.
Last Edited: 10/20/2017 8:43:54 AM by bobcatsquared
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