I really wasn't expecting this level of emotional depth in a story about college basketball! I had assumed the camera work would be top notch with this being a Friedkin movie, and I had heard that this is some of the most intense basketball played on screen in a movie, but Nolte's look back at the arena before walking to the court and seeing the kids playing.... That's the kind of stuff that makes you really romanticize spending an entire life thinking about a game between kids on a blacktop. I had chills by the end of Nolte's post-game interview in the same way that I get choked up at the end of A Few Good Men. Can't recommend enough to sports fans or guys who like to cry at other men acting with honor.

I really wasn't expecting this level of emotional depth in a story about college basketball! I had assumed the camera work would be top notch with this being a Friedkin movie, and I had heard that this is some of the most intense basketball played on screen in a movie, but Nolte's look back at the arena before walking to the court and seeing the kids playing.... That's the kind of stuff that makes you really romanticize spending an entire life thinking about a game between kids on a blacktop. I had chills by the end of Nolte's post-game interview in the same way that I get choked up at the end of A Few Good Men. Can't recommend enough to sports fans or guys who like to cry at other men acting with honor.

jimbo fisher prolly watched this disgusted

jimbo fisher prolly watched this disgusted

And now with the NIL, this isn’t cheating, it’s expected to throw enormous amounts of money at 17-18 year olds to play at your school

And now with the NIL, this isn’t cheating, it’s expected to throw enormous amounts of money at 17-18 year olds to play at your school

Fun fact I have the same birthday as Shaq

Fun fact I have the same birthday as Shaq

I am truly a sucker for sports movies and especially when it comes to basketball. This movie makes me think of my precious 2013 Louisville Cardinals who got their national title taken away from the NCAA. What’s crazy now is it’s not even illegal in the NCAA to buy players and use money to bring the best prospects to your program. Essentially, my cards got screwed and tanked for the next ten years because of rules that no longer exist. Everything this movie stood for represents how basketball should be theoretically, but we live in such a deep-rooted capitalist society that even collegiate level sports succumb to the overwhelming greed of the industry. That’s why I enjoyed this movie so much because it will forever be timeless and it illustrates where things went wrong in college basketball, and college sports in general. It’s not about the passion anymore - it’s all about money, just like the movie says

I am truly a sucker for sports movies and especially when it comes to basketball. This movie makes me think of my precious 2013 Louisville Cardinals who got their national title taken away from the NCAA. What’s crazy now is it’s not even illegal in the NCAA to buy players and use money to bring the best prospects to your program. Essentially, my cards got screwed and tanked for the next ten years because of rules that no longer exist. Everything this movie stood for represents how basketball should be theoretically, but we live in such a deep-rooted capitalist society that even collegiate level sports succumb to the overwhelming greed of the industry. That’s why I enjoyed this movie so much because it will forever be timeless and it illustrates where things went wrong in college basketball, and college sports in general. It’s not about the passion anymore - it’s all about money, just like the movie says