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When it comes to the best basketball movies, does anything stand a chance against 'Hoosiers'?
In honor of March Madness, we asked users to pick their favorite from 20 hoops classics -- and here are the sweetest 16. See which powerhouses rose to the top, and which Cinderellas slipped into the final four.
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16. 'One on One' (1977)
Star Players: Robby Benson, Annette O'Toole
Key Stats: Most popular "write-in vote" among Moviefone users ... Story written by Benson when he was only 17 ... The actor opted out of 'Apocalypse Now' to make 'One on One.'
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15. 'Cornbread, Earl and Me' (1975)
Star Players: Jamaal Wilkes, Laurence Fishburne
Key Stats: Featured a 13-year-old Fishburne, making his film debut ... Wilkes was an All-American basketball player at UCLA and won three NBA Championship rings.
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14. 'The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh' (1979)
Star Players: Julius Erving, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Key Stats: Ranked No. 2 basketball movie of all time on SportsIllustrated.com, and No. 6 by AssociatedContent.com ... NFL star Donovan McNabb's favorite movie.
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13. 'The Air Up There' (1994)
Star Players: Kevin Bacon, Charles Gitonga Maina
Key Stats: Ranked No. 5 best basketball movie of all time on SportsIllustrated.com, and No. 9 by CollegeHoops.net ... Some scenes based on style of the same duo who inspired 'White Men Can't Jump.'
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12. 'Semi-Pro' (2008)
Coach/Player/Owner:
Will Ferrell
Star Players: Andre Benjamin, Woody Harrelson
Key Stats: Ferrell's fourth sports comedy in as many years ... Features sports movie great Jackie Earle Haley ('Bad News Bears') in small role.
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11. 'The Basketball Diaries' (1995)
Star Players: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg
Coach: Bruno Kirby
Key Stats: First film in which DiCaprio received top billing ... Based on the popular book by Jim Carroll.
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10. 'Blue Chips' (1994)
Coach: Nick Nolte
Star Player: Shaquille O'Neal
Key Stats: Ranked No. 7 best basketball movie of all time by CollegeHoops.net, and No. 3 by AssociatedContent.com ... Nolte shadowed Bobby Knight (who appears in the film) to prepare for the role.
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9. 'Hoop Dreams' (1994)
Star Players: William Gates, Arthur Agee
Key Stats: Entered into National Film Registry in 2005 ... Exclusion from Oscars' Best Documentary race led to such criticism the Academy changed its process ... Named best film of '90s by Roger Ebert.
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8. 'Above the Rim' (1994)
Star Player: Duane Martin
Key Stats: Ranked No. 5 best basketball movie of all time by CollegeHoops.net, and No. 10 by IGN.com ... Marks one of Tupac Shakur's best acting performances ... Features the classic rap track 'Regulate' by Warren G on the soundtrack.
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Reader Comments (6)
mat at 4:32PM on Mar 19th 2009
WHY ISNT PISTOL ON THIS LIST???!?!?!?! its by far my favorite. how can you forget about the infamous pistol pete maravich? im honestly shocked it didnt make it.
Dave at 7:00AM on Mar 26th 2009
WHY THEY DONT RAISE THE HOOP UP TO 15 FEET AND MAKE THE OVER PAID GETTO GRADUATES WORK FOR SOME OF THE GREEN THEY MAKE, BY THE WAY I A GETTO GRADUATE AND I CANS SPEL CUZ MY MOMS TEECH ME GUD
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el br at 9:35AM on Mar 26th 2009
what about meadowlark lemon the showman with the harlem globetrotters? two games per day. makes a fantastic hook shot from the corner of half court, on demand. now that's number one all around.
MIKE at 10:59AM on Mar 26th 2009
HOOSIERS WITHOUT GENE HACKMAN WOULD HAVE BEEN "SNOOZERS"
sam at 10:34AM on Mar 26th 2009
what about wilt chamberlain they had to change rules of game to stop him from making every bad. jordon not in top 10 . remember when piston bad boys would smack him around like little bitch, he was all they had to sell in ninties.