In honor of the NCAA championship tournament, we recast perhaps the most accurate college basketball movie of all time, Blue Chips. It is such a special occasion that we even enlisted the help of our good friend Jon Hill (@JHillNahMean) from the Super Hoopers podcast (@TheSuperHoopers)! We talk about college basketball, Pauly Shore, and...well it’s pretty much all Pauly Shore.
Blue Chips is the story of Pete Bell (Nick Nolte), a once-successful college basketball coach who has decided to compromise his integrity and break the rules in order to recruit three blue chip prospects for one last shot at glory. This movie also marks the acting debut of Shaquille O’Neal and features Penny Hardaway, Bobby Knight, Rick Pitino, Larry Bird, and many more notable basketball figures from the 90’s.