Basketball captions are something you’re not really going to think about until you’re watching a game with friends or family and realize the great picture you just took will be caption-less unless you think quick!
Arguably, the first Thursday and Friday of March Madness are the two most entertaining days on the sports calendar. As they approach and the NBL is underway, we thought this caption-writers-block scenario wouldn’t be too far off the mark. To help you out with this caption conundrum we have compiled some of the best basketball caption ideas.
The Top Basketball Captions for Instagram:
Captions for those who play:
- I was too cute to be a cheerleader, so I play basketball
- Teamwork makes the dream work
- I dream of cutting a net
- Keep calm and play on
- You miss 100% of the shots you never take
- Life is simple: Eat, Sleep, Play Basketball
- Practice like you’ve never won. Play like you’ve never lost
- Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard
- You can’t control the minutes you play, but you can control how you play the minutes you get.
- If you ain’t hurting, you ain’t playing hard enough
- When you feel like quitting, think about why you started
- Basketball doesn’t build character. It reveals it.
- Winners don’t wait for chances, they take them
- Stand tall, talk small, play ball
- Offense sells tickets, defense wins games
- Foul shots win ball games
Captions for those who watch:
- Defend to the end
- Play til the clock says 0:00
- May all your swishes come true
- One spirit, one team, one win
- Victory is the goal
- “Practice, we’re talkin bout practice!” – Allen Iverson
Captions for those who have March Madness:
- Feeling mad, feeling bad 😈
- The madness begins ⛹️
- March is my favorite month 🏀 😈
- Can’t keep calm, it’s the final four.
- My bracket tells me you’re about to buy me this drink!
- March Madness: The male version of the Sweet 16.
- If ________ don’t win, you’re gonna see some madness.
Captions for the music lovers:
- “Basketball is my favorite sport. I love the way they dribble up and down the court” – Basketball, Bow Wow
- “They’re playing basketball. We love that basketball” – Basketball, Bow Wow
- “I like slam dunks, take me to the hoop my favorite play is the alley-oop” – Basketball, Kurtis Blow
- “When I come back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5” – Encore, Jay-Z
- “Top baller in every state. In Chi i’m Mike. Boston I’m Kenny. Miami I’m Timmy. Phoenix I’m Penny” – What Means the World to You, Cam’ron
- “It’s like boom (boom), I put it in the hoop, like slam (slam), I heard the crowd screaming out jam (jam) ,I swear that I’m telling you the facts, cause that’s how I beat Shaq” – That’s how I beat Shaq, Aaron Carter.
Captions from Basketball Movies and TV Shows
- All’s fair in love and basketball – Love & Basketball
- Double or nothing – Love & Basketball
- Who you going to the dance with anyway? Spalding?
- I don’t play defense – Bill Murray, Space Jam
- “Don’t ever call me, Doll” – Lola Bunny, Space Jam
- “We’re winning this game” – Nathan Scott, One Tree Hill
- “God, I love this game.” – Nathan Scott, One Tree Hill
