The university campus featured in the movie is the University of California, Los Angeles.
Katherine Bailess, who plays the reporter Colleen Kipman, also had a recurring role in One Tree Hill. Bethany Joy Lenz (Marnie) has a starring role in One Tree Hill.
This film served as the inspiration for the song "Fictional California" by Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine.
Reportedly, for the scene where Anne Judson-Yager strips to her bra and panties on the court in front of everyone, the director wanted her to film one where's she's topless for an unrated DVD version of the movie, but Judson-Yager refused.