In a preemptive seven-figure deal, Warner Bros. has acquired screen rights to “My Losing Season,” Pat Conroy’s memoir of his final season as point guard for the Citadel basketball team in 1966-67.

The film will be co-financed by WB and Gaylord Entertainment. Brad Grey and Brad Pitt will produce with Gaylord’s Hunt Lowry.

“Season” chronicles Conroy’s senior season as an overachieving point guard and team captain at the military school.

At its core, “My Losing Season” is the coming-of-age story of a youth who prepares to give up hoops, the sport that gave him a feeling of self worth and a refuge from a bullying fighter pilot father. Conroy’s dad inspired “The Great Santini.”

Given the personal nature of his book, Conroy had no intention to aggressively shop the screen rights, said Marly Rusoff, the lit agent who made Conroy’s deal along with Michael Rudell.

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