Nice article on "Hoops Dreams" stars

[Sheriff]

on SI.com.  Including update on former MU player William Gates.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/seth_davis/07/21/hoop.dreams/index.html?eref=T1

[DomJamesToTheBasket]

I wonder if the filmakers ever thought Amal had a chance.....you know the super tall and athletic kid that spent more time on the bench than on the court.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Saw Gates at an MU game last year. One of his kids was wearing William's old Warriors jersey!

[AZWarrior]

I wonder if the filmakers ever thought Amal had a chance.....you know the super tall and athletic kid that spent more time on the bench than on the court.

Yes - the unheralded Amal ended up having a pretty good career, didn't he?   

[Hards Alumni]

I didn' read the article, but I assume that it is about how William Gates finished his BBall career at MU, decided to learn about electronics, and stole a great idea from his friends to create "Windows".

yeah... gotta be. 

[MUgyros08]

Yes - the unheralded Amal ended up having a pretty good career, didn't he?   

Yeah... he's in the Philippines right now playing for the Magnolia Beverage Masters.  Too bad I never got to see him play at Marquette.  I might be able to watch him in the Philippines though! 

[Knight Commission]

As an indication of the influence the movie had, on the night that the the Oscar awards for the best movies were announced, Tom Brokaw on the Nightly News noted that "Hoops Dreams" was not nominated for the best Documentary, suggesting that it was somehow "blackballed."