LOVE Blue Chips, I wonder how much Shaq got for those killer acting skills...I actually watched this movie on TV the other night, Love and Basketball, such a good movie!

Agreed - How can the unanimous answer not be Hoosiers??  Then again, Blue Chips was great for it's pure unintentional comedy factor.  What about Basketball Diaries?  Not exactly a move focused entirely on basketball, but it was fantastic.  Very 'heavy', but a great movie.

Ah!  You got me.  I was trying to think of the name of that film to include in my list, but the name just wouln't come to me and I didn't want to cheat and Google it.  I watched that movie in film school and it was very interesting.  Do you happen to know what happened to those guys?  Seems to me one of them played at least semi-pro ball at some point, but I think that's about it.  The movie was actually pretty sad.  I thought it did a good job of putting into perspective how slim the chances are of any athlete, no matter how good they are, making the pros in their given sport.

An excellent basketball movie is "One on One" with Robby Benson and Annette O'Toole. The movie was made in 1977 and captures the feel of big time college basketball in that era perfectly. Benson plays a small town high school player who is recruited into a national college powerhouse coached by veteran character actor G.D. Spradlin.  The film touches on the dark underside of college recruiting (no show jobs, money delivered in brown paper bags) and shows how college basketball is not a sport, but strictly a business. If you played basketball during this era (which I did) you will get a kick out of the knee high socks and short shorts. I understand the movie is difficult to find on DVD. Here's the link the the Internet Movie Database for more info.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076500/

I am kind of surprised that I don't see many responses including "Coach Carter" or "Glory Road" or the documentary "The Heart of the Game" - they are three of my favorites to of course include Hoosiers.  If you have not seen them - I highly recommend them.

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079154/