- While most sports films celebrate the quest for a championship, "Quantum Hoops" follows a team that is searching for a single win. The documentary chronicles the final week of the 2006 Caltech basketball season. The team is currently in the midst of a 21 year losing streak - over 240 consecutive conference losses. Caltech is annually considered one of the top 5 academic institutions in the world yet its athletic department always takes a back seat to the achievements of its world renowned faculty, Nobel prize winners, and advancements in the world of science and technology. The film "Real Genius (1985)" was a not-so-subtle take on Caltech life. To the casual fan, the team might sound like a bad joke. There are more valedictorians on the team than players with high school basketball experience. In fact, the 5 seniors did not play high school basketball, yet all five are major contributors to the team. They are roundly mocked by opposing fans as "nerds playing basketball" (the few fans that decide its even worth it to show up). However, this season would mark an amazing turnaround from just two years ago when the team would lose by an average margin of over 60 points per game. Against remarkable odds and adversity, the players and coaches dedication, discipline, heart, and yes, SKILL would make for one of the most exciting seasons in school history. The final home game of the year would give the 5 seniors one last shot at that elusive win and an entry into the history books of college athletics.—Rick Greenwald
- Quantum Hoops is a documentary about the Caltech basketball team's final week of the 2006 season. The team has lost over 240 conference games in a row, a losing streak that spans 21 years, and just two years ago they had a loss margin of over 60 points per game. None of the 5 seniors on the team have any high school basketball experience and in fact on a whole there are more former valedictorians than former high school basketball players playing for Caltech. However in 2006 hard work has resulted in the margin of loss getting slimmer and slimmer and the team hopes the improvements they have made will climax in the shattering of their losing streak with the victory of the season's final conference game.
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