The greatest line in a movie ever is “I’ll make it”. I’ve seen it 50 times and it still gives me goosebumps.

I love this movie. Thanks for going to the sites and making this video. Well Done!

Best Sports Movie ever. I never get tired of watching it.

The opening to this movie with that beautiful instrumental music gives me goosebumps! Love this movie!

I grew up with a basketball in my hands, smack in middle of Indiana basketball country, about 30 miles from Knightstown. I played in 5 of the gyms featured in the movie Hoosiers. From the time I could hold a basketball, my Dad told me the story of the Milan Indians (the real town/name) over and over again. Years later, I was honored to meet Bobby Plump (the real Jimmy Chitwood) at his restaurant (Plump’s Last Shot) in Indy and was able to get a signed copy of his book and talk basketball for a while. Not mentioned in this video is Bobby Plump (Jimmy) went on to star for Butler University and play his college ball in Hinkle Fieldhouse after winning the state championship there. When Hoosiers came out, I was in the military stationed in Europe and saw it at the base theater. I cried several times during the show…..the shots of home, bits and pieces of my life, much of it visually familiar. It was everything I knew growing up. A few years later (1998) my old HS (Alexandria) won their one and only state championship……. Today, I have a theater room in my house decorated with my favorite movie posters. Yep, the Hoosiers poster has the prime spot on the wall. Thanks for putting this out there for all to see. A great movie and I highly recommend the trip to Knightstown to see the gym for yourself.

The iron bridge at the start of the movie crossed sugar creek at my father's property. My grandfather purchased it in the 50's (or late 40's) Dad inherited it in the 90's. The bridge was replaced with a concrete one over 30 years ago. We scattered my father's ashes under the bridge in fall of 23..

I have Hoosier blood in me on both sides of my family but I was born in the Buckeye State I love it when THE Ohio State University Plays Indiana and Purdue in football and in Basketball sutch an underated rival in both sports or should I say it is overshadowed by TTUN rival in sports. Also I'm so Glad you came across Greg Oden what a legend at THE Ohio State University,and you got some pictures with him as well. That is so awesome

Very well done, thank you for sharing!!

Dan, my favorite movie all time, too. I grew up about 15 miles from the Knightstown gym and played in it as a kid. It's hard to describe how important basketball was to us back then. Nearly every town's high school gym held 3 to 4 times the population of the town. The Hickory players were all about 5 years younger than me, but I've known Brad Long (Buddy) for 40 years and Dr. Steve Hollar (Rade) for about 25. Everyone from that era knows somebody who is in the movie. I've watched it, I don't know, 75-100 times? Never gets old, never will. By the way, watching you shoot, it's clear you've played!

Awesome!! Greatest sports movie ever!! Indiana high school basketball is on a different level! We have gyms that hold more people than a lot of college ones!

My favorite line: "MY TEAM IS ON THE FLOOR!" I watched it recently on a national channel and I could not believe what they had edited out...the "praying scene" (of course!) and the scene where The Huskers walked into Hinkle Fieldhouse and they cut the measurement of rim to floor scene...two very big parts of this great, great movie!

Well, that was fun to watch.

This is so well done. 10/10

Fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

Greatest sports movie ever. Terrific video

Other than getting the town's name wrong - KnightsTOWN, not ville, great video. My hometown.

Very cool video. About 10 years ago. The HS team that i am an Athletic Trainer for played in New Castle at a big HS holiday tourn. only 14 miles a way was the Knightstown HOOSIER GYM. So we took a trip over there between games and shot some hoops on the floor. great time between my son and I. SO glad to see you and your family had a great trip. Welcome to Indiana, where basketball is king.

I met Angelo Pizzo at a game in Bloomington and asked him about a scene where the players weren't tall but they were good shooters and tough, and asked if it was supposed to be Loogootee, he responded that it was so long ago, he couldn't remember. Look at the credits, listed is the referee in Logootee, yes they misspelled it! In 1970, our high schools consolidated and got in the final 4, 5 years later the only game we lost was the state championship. This was BEFORE class basketball. The old gym is still standing and it is a crackerbox. Love Indiana basketball, go Hoosiers!

Awesome video!!!!

As a Hoosier I have been in many of the towns and even some of the gyms. The movie was all very real to me. There’s no place like home even when you’ve not lived there since 1973!

About six years ago my son and I took a trip east of Indy to check out some HOOSIER HYSTERIA! We first went to the Knightstown Gym after a great breakfast at a little corner diner. There was a mid-season girls tournement going on, but it was still very memorable. From there it was on to the Indiana Basketball HOF & Museum in New Castle. After a great tour, we ventured down to Milan where they have a Milan Indians Museum. While we were there the museum director advised us to go to the barber shop next door. Low & behold, Bobby Plump was in there getting a haircut! There were probably 12 others there and Bobby was "holding court" and telling stories! My son Riley and I got photos of us with Bobby! A great dad & son trip that we will never forget! The Milan water tank says it all: STATE CHAMPS 1954

Cool vacation. I also love the movie

So good!!

Sheb Woolley is my favorite actor.

I grew up and live in the town based on the movie. (Milan) They have a 1954 museum here in town. Need to come check it out sometime if you’ve never been

That is outstanding! Loved it.

The amazing part is there are multiple high school gyms in Indiana that are larger than the Hinkle.

Beautifully done!

Great job! Thanks so much for making and sharing this! I watched Hoosiers 7 times in theaters and countless times since on video.

Nice video about one of my favorite movies. Was looking for info on visiting the hoosier gym. My sister was an extra in the movie while a student at Butler, and Gene Hackman is from my hometown in Illinois. By the way, l Iove the Scotty camper!

Terrific video! Thanks for sharing! Enjoyed you and your beautiful family!

Dan - wow! I really, really, loved this video! Way to go on this - I loved Hoosiers so much, but I also LOVE its connection to Hickory/New Richmond, Indiana. Small Town U.S.A. - Thank you for this - shared your video.

Great video..... I had several friends that played in that movie.. there's nothing greater than playing high school basketball in the state of Indiana.

I wish, I saw this video earlier!!! I was there in Xmas break and I don’t know where to turn and go. You made an awesome video!!! Definitely will bring my kids there!! 👍🏼

I'm from the town of Wingate at 15:35. Both my grandfather Herbert W. Crane and father Herbert W. Crane Jr. played for Wingate during their time there. My dad Herbert Jr. played in the old Wingate gym that's still there except it's now a big tractor shed. My dad also would go by and see those guys working on the different versions of the electric scoreboard until they got i right. We moved to Denver in 1959 but always heard about Indiana basketball from a lot of people. Take the time and look at the sign to see what all happened there, including a national championship. Lots of history in that little town!

First part of this video is just east of Stillesville on US40. Most likely the camera was in the parking lot of a farm equipment business.

Dan--I need to know: Where did you get your "I'll Make It" T-shirt? Thanks in advance for the info & thanks for the video!

You’ve inspired me to make the Trek to Hoosier land.

Inspired, in part, by another Hoosier, classic… Breaking Away

In the throw away scene where Hackman and Hopper were laughing during a bb game at an inside joke. Hackman told Hopper, I hope you are invested well because this movie is going to bomb.......... who the hell wants to watch a movie about Indiana basketball in 1953. Gene was wrong.

Indiana High School and College basketball was fantastic back in the day. As for High School Basketball it was almost unexplainable. You could drive through a fair sized city of 80,000 people on a Friday night and not need to stop at any stoplights because everyone was at the game or at home listening to it. There were no Class A, AA, AAA, AAAA. All schools were in the tournament and it was awesome. In the 90's Sports Illustrated ran a 20 page (Approx) article on how great Indiana High School basketball is and some jacka$$ decided to destroy it and introduce class basketball in the late 90's. Never been the same since. Fast forward to 2024 and the great basketball state of Indiana puts one college team, Purdue, in the tournament. How embarrassing. I know that there will be some Hoosier come on here and try to say it's still great but they are out of their minds. No comparison. This was a classic "if it ain't broke, fix it anyway".

The game was played in 1954 not 1964. The team that Hickory (Milan) beat was Muncie Central. The radio announcer in the game was Hillard Gates The radio announcer was Tom Carnegie was the PA announcer He use to call the Indy 500 races. Ray Crowe the other BB coach is an Indiana coaching legend.

I used to play (as a child) in the Knightstown gym. My dad was the band director there. Those gyms in those small towns were snake pits, NOT friendly for visitors!

My favorite movie of all times by far. This movie came out right when I was in my senior year of high school. I was shooting guard for our small high school for 3 years on varsity and played D3 hoops in college. My father played for a really small school as well. Really resinated with us and still does to this day. Thank you for posting.

you missed Nineveh. That played a huge role in the movie, they used the school there as well as cast several people as extras.

Can you name the famous announcer who had a cameo in the movie who introduced the Huskers in Butler Field House for the championship game? Hint: He was the track announcer at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for decades.

Was the hoop ten feet?

Heeeeeey, girlfriends. You did s great job on this video!!!! While I do agree that Hoosiers is a very inspiring movie, Debbie Does Dallas is a close second.

Not the Hickory Hoosiers, they were the Hickory Huskers.

Great job! Glad there are still out there that appreciate this movie! Such classics and bring back so many memories.

With God of heaven, it is all one: To deliver with a great multitude, or a small company. For the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of hosts, but strength cometh from heaven.

You left out Nineveh school scenes

Well done. Two very minor things. When you went to Hinkle fieldhouse, you mentioned that it was now home to the Butler University bulldogs. It was home to the Butler University bulldogs since about 1930. Also, that coach's name... Is Greg Oden, not Odle. I tried out for the film but I didn't make it. He was the number one NBA draft pick