Here are the top 10 basketball movies of all-time (as voted by IndyStar staffers)

With the 25th anniversary of "Blue Chips" release on Feb. 18, a film shot in Indiana and steeped with Hoosier references, we wanted to know where it lands among the greatest basketball movies of all time.

We asked members of the IndyStar newsroom to rank their top eight basketball movies (some took the easy way out and ranked only five). We then assigned point values to those votes (1st = 8 points, 2nd = 7 and so on.). IndyStar staffers were given a list of 30 of the most popular hoops movies but encouraged to write in personal favorites.

So if you don't like this list, there's no one else to blame but us.

Notable write-ins & those that just missed the cut 

"The Pistol: The Birth of A Legend" (8 points) — "I've shown this movie over and over to my boys. This is what practice and passion merged together can create," IndyStar sports reporter Dana Benbow wrote. "Plus, his trouble youth and early death is tragic and triggers just the right emotions needed for any great sports story."

"Maurie" ( 4 points) — "It's the NBA's version of 'Brian's Song," IndyStar Pacers Insider J. Michael said.

"Above the Rim" (25 points) — "I may have played this soundtrack 200,000 times in my 1986 Mercury Lynx," wrote IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep. "Tupac (Birdie) is one of the all-time basketball movie villains."

IndyStar's Top 10 basketball movies

10. (tie) Teen Wolf (29 points)  

A werewolf playing basketball. What's not to like? Plus, I may or may not have listened to "Win in the End" before every intramural basketball game at the HPER.

10. (tie) Glory Road (29 points)

Disney's adaptation of the Texas Western squad that won the 1966 NCAA tournament, becoming the first team with an all-black starting lineup to do so. Disney takes its usual liberties with the story, but the nuts and bolts are there. Texas Western's historic lineup featured Indiana Basketball Hall of Famer Harry Flournoy and Orsten Artis, both of Gary.

8. Coach Carter (32 points)

Another film based on a true story, Samuel L. Jackson is strong in the lead role of Richmond (Calif.) basketball coach Ken Carter. Film is also notable (maybe?) as the feature-film debut of a 20-year-old Channing Tatum.

7. Finding Forrester (33 points) 

"You're the man now, dawg!"

It has been argued by some in the newsroom that this is not a basketball movie, that it's more of a film about literature and writing. But we put it up a vote and it received 33 points (maybe because it's a movie about writing and we're in a newsroom after all).

6. Space Jam (47 points) 

Without this movie and the "Tune Squad", what jerseys would hipsters wear?

Its human cast included Bill Murray, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Larry Johnson, Muggsy Bogues, Shawn Bradley, and of course, Michael Jordan.

"Space Jam" grossed over $230 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing basketball film of all-time. 

LeBron James will attempt a remake, and we can be sure it won't be as good as Michael's. 

5. He Got Game (49 points)

Jesus Shuttlesworth may be the greatest basketball name since Slick Watts. Ray Allen was actually pretty decent trying to keep up with Denzel Washington in terms of acting. The Spike Lee-directed film also featured former Pacers point guard Travis Best, current Evansville coach Walter McCarty and Warsaw (Ind.) High School product Rick Fox.

4. Blue Chips (59 points)

"Blue Chips" tried to tackle the uglier side of college basketball with an out-of-control coach, point-shaving, paying recruits and handing out tractors. With the FBI's recent investigation of college hoops, it doesn't look like much has changed in 25 years.  

IndyStar sports reporter Dana Benbow did a deep dive on the film's Indiana roots. It's certainly worth your time. 

3. White Men Can't Jump (91 points)

Really it's a "Jeopardy!" movie posing as a basketball film. Kidding of course.

Sidney and Billy were the best duo since Scooby and Shaggy, and everyone loves a hustle. 

2. Hoop Dreams (92 points) 

"'Hoop Dreams' was unlike anything I had seen at the time and is still remarkable in its scope and ambition," wrote IndyStar Preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep. "It is impossible not to feel like you are living through William and Arthur and all of the ups and downs along the way."

1. Hoosiers (136 points)

Like there was ever any question. 

"Come on, it's not even close," wrote IndyStar sports clerk Ric Burrous, "especially with all those Indiana settings, Indiana basketball players in the cast, etc."

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FULL STAFF VOTING RESULTS

Hoosiers — 136
Hoop Dreams — 92
White Men Can’t Jump — 91
Blue Chips — 59
He Got Game — 49
Space Jam — 47
Finding Forrester — 33
Coach Carter — 32
Glory Road — 29
Teen Wolf — 29
Above the Rim — 25
Love & Basketball — 25
Basketball Diaries — 13
Fish That Saved Pittsburgh — 11
Uncle Drew — 9
Cornbread, Earl and I — 8
The Pistol — 8
Forget Paris — 5
Semi-Pro — 5
One on One — 4
Juwanna Mann — 4
Absent Minded Professor — 4
Maurie — 4
“O” — 4
Drive, He Said — 3
Sunset Park — 2
The Air Up There — 2
6th Man — 1