There’s a lot of debate over which basketball movie is THE greatest basketball movie, and to be fair there are a lot of really good ones to choose from. There’s Coach Carter, Space Jam, Hoosiers, Love and Basketball, and many others. My favorite, though, has always been Glory Road. I used to watch it all the time, to the point where I’m pretty sure my brothers refuse to ever watch it again. I mean, the movie has an inspiring true story, and also the soundtrack. The soundtrack can really make the whole movie – and well, Glory Road’s soundtrack has Alicia Keys – I think that automatically makes it the best.
Watching this movie had also become somewhat of a tradition for me before every basketball season. Back in college at Holy Cross, we had a short break in October right before the season got started. Every October I would go home and watch Glory Road before the season started. My parents even caught on to this by my junior or senior year, asking me when I was going to watch it after I got home.
I hadn’t watched it at all since I was in Ireland, probably the longest I’ve gone without watching it honestly. I was so happy to finally watch it again the other day. Not going to lie, I may have watched it the night before a game, hoping it would somehow help us get our first win. Unfortunately, the superstition did not work, but there’s still some time left. Anyway, Glory Road – I give it a 10/10 and if you’ve never seen it, I highly recommend giving it a watch.
