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  Glory Road (2006) 

  3:19 pm on November 23, 2009
  Tags: African-American players, basketball movie (3), championship, coach, Converse movie (4), Don Haskins, Glory Road, James Gartner, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament", Texas, victory   
  Category: Top-10 Converse movies

  The film is based on a true story including events of the 1966 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship

  “Glory Road” is the story about the coach of students’ basketball team from Texas

  Don Haskins who in 1966 took only African-American players in the team (it was a revolutionary innovation) and as a result he led them to the victory in the championship … (More …)

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  Hoosiers (1986) 

  3:11 pm on November 23, 2009
  Tags: basketball team (2), championship, coach Dale, drama movie (3), Hoosiers, true story   
  Category: Top-10 Converse movies

  Hoosiers is one of the best basketball movies I’ve ever seen. Everybody especially that people who lived in Indiana knew what meant Hoosiers Hysteria.

  This is a truly story about basketball team from a provincial secondary school of Indiana state. Those guys made their way to top ranking and went down in history of Indiana. (More …)

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