This based on a true story movie was headed for five stars, but they blew it close to the end. In a movie that's all about making the right choices in life, the girlfriend of one of the basketball players clearly made a wrong one when she decided to get an abortion, yet their were no negative repercussions from this bad decision.

As far as the primary story line of a coach locking his team out of the gym until their grades were acceptable goes, I really enjoyed this one, and that's coming from someone who is often bored of dramas. Samuel L. Jackson was believable as a basketball coach, and the movie delivered quite well on it's main message (well except for the massive flaw listed above).

Also, if you want to nitpick, the officiating wasn't very realistic. High school refs don't take the crap that NBA ones do. During the state tournament game, the star player of the opposing team should have picked up about four technicals for all the jawing he was doing with the ref (you're ejected after two).