You said knightsville...it's Knightstown

Beautiful!❤

My grandparents lived in New Richmond aka Hickory. So whenever I feel the need, I can watch the opening scenes and see the drive to my grandparents house. I used to work at the pizza (king) place in that town when I was 16 (I lived the next town over). I'd like to say that my grandmother met Gene Hackman and got his autograph and thought he a wonderful guy. New Richmond has a population of about 300, and was thrilled and quite hospitable. Mid westerns are some kind people and it seemed that all the cast and crew truly appreciated them. My cousin and I won the twist contest in the late 80s at the Hickory Festival. And to this day, hands down, the very best Independence Day Festival with a professional fireworks show! One of the best parts is the homemade pie slices. Thanks for making the video. Truly wonderful!

Looks like a cool experience

Cool video. Thanks for making it. I still love that movie.

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

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

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.

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

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

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!

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!

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!

Very well done, thank you for sharing!!

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.

Well, that was fun to watch.

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!

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

Awesome video!!!!

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This is so well done. 10/10

Beautifully done!

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..

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

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

There is nothing special about a place that stole from Indians then named theirs elves the Indians fielded an all white team and didn't even tell the true story. Indiana is trash

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 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!

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.

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

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!

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.

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

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.

Fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

Greatest sports movie ever. Terrific video

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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

1986 Kansas City, Mo. Sixth grade. Basketball was everything. So I signed up for the team at my humble little Catholic School. We were all poor inner city kids. Also known as the absolute worst in all our three sports for decades. A complete embarrassment of the city As the season started, after two practices the coach just didnt even show up. We were that bad. Now hear me out.... It gets good. My single father asked me "How was practice?" So I told him that there wasn't even a coach and we all just basically played around and got into fist-to-cuffs. From that moment on he just took over. Didn't ask the school's permission. He just became our coach. Try that today and you get arrested. He was a very busy man struggling to raise two kids who lost their mom to a random killer and also run a fledgling business. He was beyond stressed. But he knew basketball. And he cared. There was only one other teammate who had a father in his life. So my Dad became everyone's Dad... for one magical season. He would break into the college across the street and train the forwards and the center at their position. He actually broke in to the building. He put and end to all squabbles and barked at us for not passing correctly, not paying attention and not caring about the team. My mates hated it at first but they yearned for a father's influence and quickly got on board. He taught us plays, game plan and most importantly, ethics. We won our first game. WOW. We had a taste of victory and we wanted more. No one missed practice after that. Basketball became our world. The season progressed and we kept winning. The worst school and the most messed up kids had suddenly gotten a reputation amongst the other schools. We were for the first time in our lives FEARED. I remember a time that dad took us all out for pizza, soda and video games. It cost him just over a hundred dollars. That was big money back then. Especially in the neighborhood we all came from. We were a real team. Basketball warriors. Towards the end of the season he took us all to go see this new movie called Hoosiers. The impact it made on us little impressionable boys was nothing less than life altering. We came out of that theatre with pure determination. Greatness was possible. We became a family and went on to win second place in the city tournament. Not too shabby for our band of Misfits. At least three hundred people showed up for our last game. The atmosphere was electric. The whole school gave us a special ceremony at lunch. Every boy received a trophy. None of us had ever had much to be proud of. That trophy gleamed on each of our dressers every night for years to come. So, thank you Dad. Thank you Hoosiers team, and thank you Saint Francis Xavier grade school for giving us all an opportunity to become young men. We did it. A boy can't ask for much more than that. Take care of those little ones. I'll say a prayer that they grow up strong and protected.

That is outstanding! Loved it.