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Yes, I would admit that this movie is not THE greatest basketball movie of all time. I suppose Hoosiers would get that title. The only real pet-peave I had is that the basketball players such as Penny, Shaq, and Matt are not exactly Shakespearean actors. Of course, their athletic ability is perfect for their parts and the movie covers their acting deficiencies enough with plenty of playing scenes including numerous dunks by Shaq. I'm a huge college b-ball fan and the cameos including Pitino, Knight, Tark, and Dicky V give the movie a better sense of realism. Knight was certainly great at playing himself, which involves yelling-cursing at the players and refs. Nick Nolte makes this movie, however. He comes off thoroughly convincing as a veteran college coach who is facing the twilight of his career and considers illegal recruiting tactics to get a winning team again. The series of the movie with his recruiting visits is the best part. He did a great job at kissing up to the players and parents. Now is this movie realistic? I don't know for sure, but it was still entertaining and fun to watch nonetheless.

I went to see this movie hoping it would live up to the hype it has received by reviewers and consumers for the last several weeks. I was hoping it would actually have scenes that made me jump off the edge of my seat and feel the "fear" that these people experienced. Unfortunately, the movie turned out to be a total waste of $6.50. I could barely stay awake to watch this amateur piece of "filmmaking". I found it very uneven with very average acting. With the poor acting and character development, it was really hard to give a darn about these character's sad fate. And worst of all, there was absolutely nothing, and I mean nothing in this film that I found scary at all (ooooh, she hears a sound in the woods, boy that's frightening). I kept waiting for the film to get going and it never happened. Only the abrupt ending offered any kind of "horror". Overall, I found this to be one of the most over-hyped, over-rated films in movie history and it should have stayed where it belongs: in the woods under a pile of dirt, dung, and leaves.