"They Could really Play the Game" will broadcast Monday, August 22, at 9:00 PM on NET 1/NET-HD.

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They Could Really Play the Game, McCoy, B., Mitchell, B., Hedrick, C. (2008) An award-winning documentary about a 1950’s basketball team who’s star player and fiery coach captured America’s imagination, helped restore college basketball’s tarnished reputation, and saved their struggling college from financial ruin. Broadcast Education Association Best of Competition Award, Faculty Long Form Documentary, 2009. Ohio Valley regional Emmy Award nomination, 2009, Las Vegas International Film Festival Golden Ace Award, 2009. Production support from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.