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Special pre-Oscars edition

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We're going Hollywood this week, Hoopheads. In honor of the approaching Oscars -- and in light of the obvious fact that I am fresh out of ideas with two months still remaining in the season -- I hereby present this silver-screen edition of Hoop Thoughts. You may read on as long as you promise not to give Leonard Maltin my home phone number.

Top five basketball movies of all time

1. Hoop Dreams
2. Hoosiers
3. White Men Can't Jump
4. Fast Break
5. The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

THE MATCH GAME Coaches and the actors who would play them Steve Alford   Ben Affleck Tommy Amaker   Will Smith Jim Calhoun   Gene Hackman John Chaney   Morgan Freeman Matt Doherty   Tim Robbins Billy Donovan   Christian Slater Craig Esherick   Gregory Peck Pete Gillen   David Letterman Bob Huggins   Anthony Hopkins Tom Izzo   Robert DeNiro Mike Jarvis   Louis Gossett Jr. Mike Krzyzewski   Dustin Hoffman Phil Martelli   Peter Boyle Mike Montgomery   Michael Douglas Lute Olson   Paul Newman Rick Pitino   Al Pacino Bill Self   Kevin Spacey Tubby Smith   Danny Glover Quin Snyder   Matt Damon Roy Williams   Tom Hanks

If every movie was about college basketball ...

The Insider. Chronicles the rise of financial advisor Bret Bearup as he presses flesh, pulls strings and drives Eddie Fogler into the nuthouse.

Les Misérables. A few months spent with Florida State season-ticket holders.

Cast Away. Bob Knight, abandoned and jobless for four years, starts biding his time by conducting long conversations with a deflated basketball. Upon his return to the game, all of his former assistants start dying in, ahem, tragic hunting accidents.

Grease. The Steve Lavin story.

Liar Liar. The Clem Haskins story.

The Replacements. A slapstick comedy featuring cameos by Mike Davis, Max Good, Dick Hunsaker, Jim Rosborough and Brad Soderberg.

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. Tensions boil over during the summer recruiting period between former best friends-turned-sole enemies George Raveling of Nike and adidas' Sonny Vaccaro.

Three Men and a Baby. Profiles Syracuse's coaching staff.

It Happened One Night. Recreates Chaminade's early 1980s upset of Virginia. (So what if it was an afternoon game?)

Shane. Need we explain?

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Inside story of Jim Harrick's demise at UCLA is subtitled, "How to falsify an expense report and almost get away with it."

The Green Mile. A closer look at Coach K's Nike portfolio.

OTHER (ACTUAL) Hoop Thoughts ...

Big Ten and NCAA tournament championship aspirants shouldn't get too optimistic in the wake of Michigan State's Andre Hutson coming down with pneumonia. All that means is more minutes, more touches and quicker improvement for Zach Randolph.

Sports Illustrated staff writer Seth Davis covers college basketball for the magazine and is a regular contributor to CNNSI.com. Hoop Thoughts will appear each week throughout the college basketball season.

 

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