Great Story, Mediocre Execution

Rating: 6/10 (25 June 2006)

I've been a basketball fan since around 1960, and saw the championship game depicted in this film, so I looked forward to this movie with great anticipation. I came away a bit disappointed.
Perhaps if I had not already been so familiar with the story, I might have enjoyed the movie more. But there were so many inaccuracies that I couldn't get into the movie as much as I had hoped. Not only the facts of how the game transpired, but much of the way the game was played, the dialog, and the general feel of the movie just was wrong for era in which it takes place. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the term "Division One" was used at this time; there were just "major" and "small" colleges. Other terms like "stops", and some of the moves such as behind-the-back dribbles, were just out of place.
This movie is like a cover version of an old hit; its for younger people who aren't familiar with the original version. Doesn't make it bad, just disappointing to those who know how it really should be done.