The movie Hoosiers

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

It might help you all to know that Jamie Dixon sent me on a special recruiting assignment as I went to Knightstown, IN and the fictional Hickory HS gym (movie Hoosiers).

I went looking for a 2 guard who can actually shoot, handle the ball and pass.

Seriously, I was awestruck. I got to shoot baskets in the gym, took a tour of the locker room, and all of the surrounding areas. It looks EXACTLY like it did for the movie. The gym actually was Knightstown HS's gym, and was really out of commission in the 70's, and when the producers of the movie saw it, they fell in love with it and used it as the Hickory gym.

Interesting, it really doubles as a community center, but the guy told me obviously it is free for tourists to visit (and on a midweek afternoon, I was the only person there) and they rent it out for $30/hour to people who play pick up games and HS's who hold a practice there from all over.

Each year, they play an Indiana HS All Star game there, with 12 players dressed as Hickory, 12 players dressed as Terhune. I looked at the rosters and in the 2006 game was none other than our own Gary McGhee.

Knightstown is only about 5 miles off of I-70, about 25 miles east of Indianapolis. I suggest anyone ever making that drive and is a basketball fan, especially of that movie, to make this trip. Again, it was awesome, I felt like I was in Mecca for a pilgrimage, almost a religious like experience.

 

[Las Panteras]

I must say....that is very cool. That is ABSOLUTELY something I would go see.

I would show up in my uniform from Oolitic HS........

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Originally posted by recruitsreadtheseboards:

It might help you all to know that Jamie Dixon sent me on a special recruiting assignment as I went to Knightstown, IN and the fictional Hickory HS gym (movie Hoosiers).

I went looking for a 2 guard who can actually shoot, handle the ball and pass.

Seriously, I was awestruck. I got to shoot baskets in the gym, took a tour of the locker room, and all of the surrounding areas. It looks EXACTLY like it did for the movie. The gym actually was Knightstown HS's gym, and was really out of commission in the 70's, and when the producers of the movie saw it, they fell in love with it and used it as the Hickory gym.

Interesting, it really doubles as a community center, but the guy told me obviously it is free for tourists to visit (and on a midweek afternoon, I was the only person there) and they rent it out for $30/hour to people who play pick up games and HS's who hold a practice there from all over.

Each year, they play an Indiana HS All Star game there, with 12 players dressed as Hickory, 12 players dressed as Terhune. I looked at the rosters and in the 2006 game was none other than our own Gary McGhee.

Knightstown is only about 5 miles off of I-70, about 25 miles east of Indianapolis. I suggest anyone ever making that drive and is a basketball fan, especially of that movie, to make this trip. Again, it was awesome, I felt like I was in Mecca for a pilgrimage, almost a religious like experience.

I was there also. A must-see if you like the movie and are ever in that area near Indianapolis. Cool gym, looks just like it did in the movie. Neat little town its in too, can't really compare it to any in Western PA. It was the old Knightstown HS gym and I could imagine everybody in the town walking a few blocks over to the gym on Friday nights and the town shutting down. Woulda been neat to see a game in those times.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

Originally posted by Sean Miller Fan:

Originally posted by recruitsreadtheseboards:

It might help you all to know that Jamie Dixon sent me on a special recruiting assignment as I went to Knightstown, IN and the fictional Hickory HS gym (movie Hoosiers).

I went looking for a 2 guard who can actually shoot, handle the ball and pass.

Seriously, I was awestruck. I got to shoot baskets in the gym, took a tour of the locker room, and all of the surrounding areas. It looks EXACTLY like it did for the movie. The gym actually was Knightstown HS's gym, and was really out of commission in the 70's, and when the producers of the movie saw it, they fell in love with it and used it as the Hickory gym.

Interesting, it really doubles as a community center, but the guy told me obviously it is free for tourists to visit (and on a midweek afternoon, I was the only person there) and they rent it out for $30/hour to people who play pick up games and HS's who hold a practice there from all over.

Each year, they play an Indiana HS All Star game there, with 12 players dressed as Hickory, 12 players dressed as Terhune. I looked at the rosters and in the 2006 game was none other than our own Gary McGhee.

Knightstown is only about 5 miles off of I-70, about 25 miles east of Indianapolis. I suggest anyone ever making that drive and is a basketball fan, especially of that movie, to make this trip. Again, it was awesome, I felt like I was in Mecca for a pilgrimage, almost a religious like experience.

I was there also. A must-see if you like the movie and are ever in that area near Indianapolis. Cool gym, looks just like it did in the movie. Neat little town its in too, can't really compare it to any in Western PA. It was the old Knightstown HS gym and I could imagine everybody in the town walking a few blocks over to the gym on Friday nights and the town shutting down. Woulda been neat to see a game in those times.

Cool as I was really the only person there, so I had the run of the place.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Originally posted by recruitsreadtheseboards:

Originally posted by Sean Miller Fan:

Originally posted by recruitsreadtheseboards:

It might help you all to know that Jamie Dixon sent me on a special recruiting assignment as I went to Knightstown, IN and the fictional Hickory HS gym (movie Hoosiers).

I went looking for a 2 guard who can actually shoot, handle the ball and pass.

Seriously, I was awestruck. I got to shoot baskets in the gym, took a tour of the locker room, and all of the surrounding areas. It looks EXACTLY like it did for the movie. The gym actually was Knightstown HS's gym, and was really out of commission in the 70's, and when the producers of the movie saw it, they fell in love with it and used it as the Hickory gym.

Interesting, it really doubles as a community center, but the guy told me obviously it is free for tourists to visit (and on a midweek afternoon, I was the only person there) and they rent it out for $30/hour to people who play pick up games and HS's who hold a practice there from all over.

Each year, they play an Indiana HS All Star game there, with 12 players dressed as Hickory, 12 players dressed as Terhune. I looked at the rosters and in the 2006 game was none other than our own Gary McGhee.

Knightstown is only about 5 miles off of I-70, about 25 miles east of Indianapolis. I suggest anyone ever making that drive and is a basketball fan, especially of that movie, to make this trip. Again, it was awesome, I felt like I was in Mecca for a pilgrimage, almost a religious like experience.

I was there also. A must-see if you like the movie and are ever in that area near Indianapolis. Cool gym, looks just like it did in the movie. Neat little town its in too, can't really compare it to any in Western PA. It was the old Knightstown HS gym and I could imagine everybody in the town walking a few blocks over to the gym on Friday nights and the town shutting down. Woulda been neat to see a game in those times.

Cool as I was really the only person there, so I had the run of the place.

The old guy said you can rent the gym out (insanely cheap too) so there's a part of me that wants to do that someday and do some kind of guys weekend trip out there for it. Would have to tie-in some type of sporting event though.