A college basketball team overcomes racisms and makes history in the college basketball flick, Glory Road.
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Glory Road is based on the story of the 1965-66 Texas Western University Miners basketball team - the first African-American players because no white players wanted to play for Texas Western - a small school with a long history of losing. The team combines Haskins' emphasis on fundamentals with his players' playground style of hoops to create a college basketball powerhouse. Derek Luke plays the role of Bobby Joe Hill, the star player who leads the team to their improbable victory over the University of Kentucky.
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Like a lot of college basketball today, that just 40 years ago, racist attitudes kept most of the country's top players from going to college to play basketball, just because they were black. The victory by Haskins' Miners in 1966 changed all that and opened the door for generations of basketball stars, including Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan to shine.
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Although it's painfully predictable and over-dramatic at times, Glory Road is an entertaining feel-good sports movie. If you're a college hoops fan who appreciates sports history, Glory Road is definitely worth checking out. While the rascism in the film will make you cringe sometimes, Glory Road tells a powerful and important story that changed college basketball forever.
