MSU Movie Coming?

Found through Variety:

Other projects at Cooper's Town include the untitled Mississippi Basketball Project, an atypical sports drama set on the cusp of the civil rights movement and based on Dean Colvard's tome "Mixed Emotions."

Colvard was the president of Mississippi State U. in the 1960s, when the school came under intense fire for not allowing its athletic teams to play schools that had integrated teams. Rule prevented the MSU basketball team from reaching the championships.

A conflicted character, Colvard initially supported the rule. He then abolished it, only to come under attack from state politicians and other parties.

Guinee and Ali Selim ("Sweetland") are set to adapt "Mixed Emotions" for the bigscreen. Cooper's Town is producing with Rachel Griffin.