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High school basketball is the last pure platform of the sport.  Where the NBA and even college ball are "just a business," high school basketball is played for school, community, family, friends and love of the game.

Directed by Marc Levin, Prayer for a Perfect Season is a gripping account of the 2010-11 boys' basketball season at St. Patrick High School, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of Elizabeth, NJ.  This feature-length documentary chronicles the extraordinary effort of coach Kevin Boyle and his players, whose journey ends in a winner-take-all showdown for the mythical national championship with archrival St. Anthony of Jersey City, when it debuts Tuesday, Oct. 25 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO Sports.

Prayer for a Perfect Season captures the intersection of two forces--the soaring media interest in the big game, and the decline of Catholic school programs--while illuminating the real-life issues players and coaches confront during the season.

Prayer for a Perfect Season is a Blowback Production in association with Overbrook Entertainment; written and directed by Marc Levin; produced by Karl Hollandt, IDA member Ben Selkow and R. Binky Brown; editor, James Lester; director of photography, Daniel B. Levin; original music by Khari Mateen; narrator, Bobby Cannavale.  For Overbrook Entertainment:  executive producer, James Lassiter.  For HBO Sports:  executive producer, Rick Bernstein; senior producer, Joe Lavine.