Jason Miller was working as an actor on the set of The Exorcist (1973) and engrossed in his priest role when he was informed that he had won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for writing this film's source play "That Championship Season".
The year that the Scranton High-school Basketball Team won the state basketball championship was 1957.
Paul Sorvino previously played Phil Romano in That Championship Season (1982) while in this remake he plays the coach and also directed the film.
The celebratory reunion occasion that was being celebrated was the 20th Anniversary of winning the team winning the basketball premiership.
The Broadway production of "That Championship Season" by Jason Miller opened at the Booth Theater in New York on 14th September 1972 and ran for 700 performances until 21st April 1974.