PART I - DECLINING FAN INTEREST
The film “Hoosiers," based on tiny Milan's epic upset of heavyweight Muncie Central for the 1954 Indiana High School basketball state championship, drew critical acclaim and achieved box office success when it was released in 1986. Read more
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PART II - FALL IN PARTICIPATION
Back in Hoosier Hysteria's heyday, stretching from the 1940s clean through the early 1990s, playing high school basketball was the ultimate goal for the stereotypical Indiana schoolboy. Read more
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PART III - REVERSING THE TREND
The banner hanging high above the gym floor might as well have been the holy grail. Read more
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PART IV - IMPACT ON GIRLS GAME
NorthWood High School in Nappanee grows girls basketball championship teams as readily as Indiana soil sprouts corn and soybeans. Read more