Outstanding read about the emergence of Larry Bird at Springs Valley!

As if by Magic: The Story of Young Larry Bird’s Explosion onto the Indiana High School Basketball Scene. – Randy & Roxanne Mills

Every year at this time, I post the restaurant directory for corrections and additions. For a variety of reasons there seems to be a lot more turnover in the world of restaurants the last few years. Feel free to post additions and corrections here in this thread, or simply email me or even text. I'll be glad to make the edits!

HickoryHusker@yahoo.com
317-224-7150

HickoryHusker - Away Game Restaurant Directory Annual Call-out!

INDIANA - It's time for the annual callout for additions and corrections to our collective list!

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To a very great degree, our contestants were of one mind in Week 2. Out of 13 players, 12 of them picked 3A #12 Monrovia in this round, easily the most to pick the same team in any week in the 13 years I have been the administrator of this contest. The Bulldogs proved our contestants' confidence in them to be well founded as they clipped the wings of the Phalen Academy Falcons in a 65-point shutout victory, the largest winning margin for the week by 25 points. Three of our teams - Milan, 2A #11 Rochester, and 2A #1 Evansville Mater Dei - suffered losses in Week 2. Four of our nine teams remain undefeated: 4A #8 Columbia City, 6A #8 Fishers, 3A #7 Hanover Central, and Monrovia.

With nearly all of our contestants picking the same team, there was no movement at the top of our leaderboard this week. EHS_HOOPS and Mr. B.A. remain tied for the lead with 114 points. A five-way tie exists for third between Ed Stachulak, hhsdawg, Quad Runner, Rob Deweese, and ysuindy, each with 109 points.

Here are the games for Week 2 with scores, point margins, and the number of players who picked each one:

Monrovia 65, Phalen Academy 0 (65 points, 12 players)
Fishers 40, Pike 0 (40 points, no players)
Seymour 42, Jeffersonville 7 (35 points, 1 player)
Columbia City 42, Plymouth 14 (28 points, no players)
Sheridan 35, North Miami 12 (23 points, no players)
Hanover Central 24, Hammond Morton 14 (10 points, no players)
Batesville 21, Milan 0 (-21 points, no players)
Tippecanoe Valley 39, Rochester 8 (-31 points, no players)
Castle 49, Evansville Mater Dei 7 (-42 points, no players)

Here are the standings after Week 2:

114 points
EHS_HOOPS
Mr. B.A.

109 points
Ed Stachulak
hhsdawg
Quad Runner
Rob Deweese
ysuindy

88 points
HickoryHusker
Nick Jenkinson
raiderfan32
Ranger20
thegorilla23

58 points
CoachC

Your humble contest administrator will be traveling over the Labor Day weekend. This will result in a short delay in the posting of the Week 3 results. They should be available sometime on Monday, Sep. 4.

If you haven't already sent in your pick for Week 3, be sure to email it to shsfan475@gmail.com by 6:00 pm ET on Friday, Sep. 1!

Recipients of Two IHSAA Foundation Scholarships Announced

The IHSAA Foundation and its Board of Directors are pleased to announce the recipients for the Sparks Foundation Scholarships and the David Cranfill Truehearted Teammate Award. This is the third year the IHSAA Foundation will award the Sparks Foundation Scholarship to a pair of student-athletes and the second year in which the David Cranfill True Hearted Teammate Award will be presented.

The IHSAA Foundation is proud to announce that James Cannon of Evansville Christian High School and Chenyze DeBerry of Gary West Side Leadership Academy have been selected as recipients of the 2023 Sparks Foundation Scholarships.

The Sparks Foundation Scholarships award two (2) $1,000 postsecondary scholarships awarded to one (1) male and one (1) female IHSAA student-athlete who exhibit good character, leadership, and teamwork in the classroom, in competition, and in their community. Indiana native and Team IP Founder and CEO, Randy Sparks, created this scholarship to give back to his home state.

The IHSAA Foundation is also proud to announce that Timothy Swank of McCutcheon High School and Mia Treber of Plymouth High School have been selected as recipients of the 2023 David Cranfill Truehearted Teammate Award.

The David Cranfill Truehearted Teammate Award honors and supports two (2) student-athletes from IHSAA member schools, one (1) male and one (1) female, with a $1,000 scholarship who exhibit loyalty and faithfulness by putting their teammates, coaches, schools and community above themselves. The award was created in Cranfill’s honor after his passing in March of 2021. An advertising agency owner, a writer and a filmmaker, Cranfill worked tirelessly to promote the purity, passion and enthusiasm of Indiana high school sports.

Blue River Valley boys - Departing Coach Brian Klein
NEW CASTLE, Ind. -- Peyton Russell (Closed 8/23)

BTW - BRV girls gig still open at this time.

INDIANA -- The honor of claiming the Indiana high school scoring title each year is one wrapped in glory. Here's a quick list of the top returning scorers that should be considered scoring title contenders this year...


Heritage Hill's Trent Sisley

26.3 Trent Sisley, JR - Heritage Hills
24.6 Josiah Dunham, SR - EV Christian
23.2 Taray Howell, SR - EV Bosse
22.5 Dominique Murphy, JR - East Chicago
21.4 Gavin Betten, JR - Manchester
21.2 Joshua Renfro, JR - Christian Academy
21.0 Zeke Tanoos, SR - West Vigo
20.8 Brauntae Johnson, SR - FW North Side
20.2 Flory Bidunga, SR - Kokomo
20.0 Josiah Ball, JR - Maconaquah

Only four teams were picked by our 13 contestants in the opening round of this year's contest. 6A #10 Fishers was the most popular pick, and the five players who selected them received 44 points for the Tigers' shutout of the North Central Panthers. The largest margin of victory this week belonged to the 2A #11 Rochester Zebras in their 56-7 win over the Wabash Apaches. Seymour and 1A #5 Sheridan suffered losses to Greenwood and 3A #9 Western Boone, respectively. Fortunately, none of our contestants picked either of the teams which found themselves on the wrong end of the score.

By virtue of picking Rochester in Week 1, EHS_HOOPS and Mr. B.A. are tied for the lead with 49 points. We have a five-way tie for third between Ed Stachulak, hhsdawg, Quad Runner, Rob Deweese, and ysuindy, each with 44 points. Next week we will see if anyone can put some distance between them and their competitors!

Here are the games for Week 1 with scores, point margins, and the number of players who picked each one:

Rochester 56, Wabash 7 (49 points, 2 players)
Fishers 44, North Central (Indianapolis) 0 (44 points, 5 players)
Columbia City 49, Churubusco 8 (41 points, no players)
Monrovia 50, Indianapolis Ritter 15 (35 points, no players)
Hanover Central 40, Wheeler 17 (23 points, 4 players)
Evansville Mater Dei 35, Evansville Central 12 (23 points, 2 players)
Milan 27, Rushville 20 (7 points, no players)
Greenwood 51, Seymour 49 (-2 points, no players)
Western Boone 35, Sheridan 16 (-19 points, no players)

Here are the standings after Week 1:

49 points
EHS_HOOPS
Mr. B.A.

44 points
Ed Stachulak
hhsdawg
Quad Runner
Rob Deweese
ysuindy

23 points
CoachC
HickoryHusker
Nick Jenkinson
raiderfan32
Ranger20
thegorilla23

If you haven't already sent in your pick for Week 2, be sure to email it to shsfan475@gmail.com by 6:00 pm ET on Friday, Aug. 25!

Full meal deal right here!

https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/Fall%20Bulletin_47.pdf

Via IHSAA Press Release:

Indiana high school athletics has more than its share of well-known traditions, though the pursuit of game officials tends to settle quietly into the background.

However, it, too, remains a most vital component in order for every one of the 22 sports sanctioned by the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) to complete its season as seamlessly as possible.

The IHSAA in an effort to not only expand its pool of officials, but broaden each individual’s knowledge, is working with RefReps, which offers comprehensive online officiating education courses that include an interactive training video, instructor guides, assessments and more.

RefReps’ mission is to educate the next generation of high school sports officials so that he or she is best equipped with the skills necessary before confidently setting foot on the football field, wrestling mat, softball diamond, etc.

“What is unique about Indiana is it was the first state to pilot this in the high schools,” said Kyle Armstrong, founder and CEO of RefReps, which is now in its third year. “In the spring of 2022, we had seven high schools pilot this, and, if you fast-forward to today, we’ll be in around 500 schools in 33 different states.”

Representing Indiana on the ground floor of this effort were, in alphabetical order, Avon, Bedford North Lawrence, Brownsburg, Kokomo, Mitchell, Pioneer and South Bend Adams.

The number grew to 51 Indiana high schools incorporating RefReps during the 2022-2023 school year; in excess of 100 are expected to take part this school year.

“If you look at the trajectory of licensed officials in Indiana from the 2015-2016 school year to 2016-2017, it went up by 43 officials,” said Armstrong. “That was the last year the number went up, and every year up to 2021-2022, it had dropped by over 1,000 officials.

“It had gone down, down, down, down, down, and, boom, we do the pilot program, and it goes up by over 300 officials.”

The global outbreak of COVID-19 eliminated all high school sports in Indiana during the 2020 spring season, decreasing the number of officials to 5,829 during the uncertain times surrounding the 2021-2022 school year.

A comeback of sorts took place in 2022-2023 with the number rising to 6,158.

Compare this to the 2016-2017 school year in which there were 6,907 officials. There was a time, according to IHSAA Assistant Commissioner Brian Lewis, where that total regularly exceeded 7,000 officials.

RefReps is helping push these numbers back up.

“The two years following COVID, we saw a big drop. Many officials paused during COVID and then never returned. We are beginning to see an increased number of officials, but we must continue to get the next generation of officials started,” said Lewis. “There is a myriad of reasons for the official shortage across the country.”

“We have a shortage of officials because there are more contests being played, whether it’s travel ball or something else. The average age of officials is upwards of 54 years old, so as they retire, are we getting enough of the next generation involved?”
The uncertainty brought on by a pandemic played a role in the decrease in officials.

However, other factors trickled in. One being persons no longer wanting to subject themselves to hostile fan bases.

“I think part of it is we went through a two-year span of contests not being played or fans being limited,” said Lewis. “People were at home. They were sitting in their house. We come out of that, and sportsmanship, egregious behavior has just been off the charts. We are seeing it more in the travel world, and in the AAU world, but it’s starting to sneak into education-based athletics. Officials, prefer to officiate in an education-based system because we have administrators and staff who can control that atmosphere a little bit.”

Using RefReps in state high schools and colleges enables Indiana to cast a wider net than before in gauging the interest of young people interested in becoming a high school official.

According to Armstrong, the program is extremely flexible in that it can be taught.

“Most high schools will have an actual stand-alone sports officiating class,” he said. “The second option is to take our materials and use them in the pre-existing physical education classes.”

For more information, prospective high school officials can go to refreps.com.

“We want to increase the number of new officials, but I’ll get calls all the time saying you need to lower your expectations, or you need to lower your standards, and we’re not going to do that,” said Lewis. “We hold our officials to a very high standard, and we are not going to sacrifice those standards to increase numbers. We are in the business of education-based athletics and the business of kids.”

“We have different requirements when it comes to tournament eligibility, but we’re looking at ways to give younger officials the ability to advance in the officiating world to make that a little bit easier.”

Please give these idiots that maximum.

[FAIRLAND — A basketball coach from Cincinnati has been arrested and charged with assault and confinement, stemming from an incident at Triton Central High School in July.

According to court documents, deputies were called to the school on July 23 for a reported fight involving juveniles, adults and basketball officials.

An investigation found that coach Laquita Carter confined and assaulted a female basketball official after a game involving her team — Cincinnati Lions Elite. The assault included ripping the wig off the officials in a manner that also removed her natural hair from her scalp.]

Ohio basketball coach charged after allegedly assaulting official at Triton Central tournament

An investigation found that coach Laquita Carter confined and assaulted a female basketball official during a game involving her team — Cincinnati Lions Elite.

www.wrtv.com

A project I have been heavily involved with in putting together. If you are a high school basketball fan here in Indiana, this will be a fantastic event!

We are excited to announce the Great High School Basketball Teams Discussion Series that will take place next Wednesday, August 16th at the Indiana State Fair. Come hear from the players and coaches whose talent, teamwork, and spirit live prominently in Indiana's famed basketball lore. Coaches like Jack Keefer and Stan Benge. Players like Greg Oden, Steve Downing, Bria Goss, Jay Edwards, Lyndon Jones, Justin Cage, and Robert Vaden. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to listen to the stories of our state's most magical high school seasons told by the legendary players and coaches who lived the experience!

The discussions will take place at the Farm Bureau Auditorium in the Purdue Extension Building at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. These talks are open to the public. The schedule is as follows:

11 AM: '69 George Washington moderated by Bill Benner
1 PM: '87 Marion Gians moderated by Jim Brunner
3 PM: '03 Pike Red Devils moderated by Bob Lovell
5 PM: '06 Lawrence North Wildcasts moderated by Chris May
6:30 PM: '09 Ben Davis Girls moderated by Greg Rakestraw

Once inside the Indiana State Fair these discussions are free to attend! We will post previews of each team over the coming days. Stay tuned.

From KV:

Kankakee Valley Head Girls Basketball Coach
Job Type: Full Time

Short Description:
The position of Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach has been opened at Kankakee Valley High School. We will accept both internal and external applicants for consideration for this position. We are seeking a Head Coach with a strong knowledge base of the game and is passionate about the sport! Kankakee Valley is a class 4A basketball school, but will be 3A next reclassification, with approximately 1050 students 9-12 located in Jasper County. We are a member of the Northwest Crossroads Conference (NCC)!

Duties and Responsibilities:
Head Coach will be in charge of program wide development!
Head Coach will be in charge of the girls basketball financials!
Head Coach will hire and evaluate assistant coaches!
Head Coach will schedule practice sessions with athletic office!
Head Coach will order equipment for the High School teams!
Head Coach will make sure all athletes are eligible with the athletic office!
Head Coach will conduct in season and out of season workouts!

Skills/Requirements:
Looking for an experienced coach that can continue a successful program. Good communication skills and organizational skills required. Having a strong knowledge base and teaching to the kids is important.

Education Requirements:
We have several openings for other jobs within our corporation, so education requirements would depend on any of those jobs that would need filled!

Salary/Wages: 9,672

Football season is here, which means it's time for the Hickory Husker Pigskin Pick'em! This is your opportunity to compete with other Varsity Club members in a fun contest where you can display your knowledge of Indiana high school football.

The basic concept of the contest is simple. From a list of nine teams, you select one as your pick each week of the regular season. The number of points you are awarded for that week is your pick's margin of victory in their game (points will be subtracted if they lose!). Each team on the list can be picked only once; therefore, you should attempt to use each team as your pick in a week when you think they will have a big win. The contestant with the most points at the end of the season will be our champion!

Please note these specific rules:

• Picks must be emailed to shsfan475@gmail.com (include your real name or your Varsity Club username with your pick - however you want to be listed in the standings).
• Only teams on the list can be used as picks.
• Each team on the list can be used only once.
• Picks can be sent in one week at a time, multiple weeks at a time, or you can send in all your picks for the season in one email -- your choice.
• Picks are due by 6:00 pm ET Friday each week.
• Picks that have been submitted can be changed as long as the change is received by the deadline for that week.
• If a game for one of the teams on the list is postponed, points for it will be awarded when the game is played on its rescheduled date.
• If you do not submit a pick for a given week, you will receive points for the team with the worst margin in that week's game, or zero points, whichever is less.
• In the event of a tie at the end of the contest, the winner will be the contestant who comes closest to predicting the total combined score of the eight teams playing at Indiana Wesleyan's Wildcat Football Stadium on September 16 (Blackford vs. Elwood; Frankton vs. Mississinewa; Madison-Grant vs. Oak Hill; Alexandria vs. Eastbrook). Predictions for the tiebreaker must be submitted no later than September 15 at 6:00 pm ET.

Here is the list of teams for this season's contest:

• 6A Fishers
• 5A Seymour
• 4A Columbia City
• 3A Hanover Central
• 3A Monrovia
• 2A Evansville Mater Dei
• 2A Rochester
• 1A Milan
• 1A Sheridan

After Week 1, a reminder email will be sent the evening before the deadline each week to all contestants who have not yet submitted a pick for that week. Each week's game results and current standings will be posted on HickoryHusker.com and will also be emailed to all contestants.

Join in the fun with your fellow Varsity Club members and send your pick for Week 1 to shsfan475@gmail.com by 6:00 pm ET Friday, Aug. 18!

Heritage Christian boys - Departing Coach Brandon Coffer (Interim)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- (Updated 3/14) Interim Coach Coffer went 3-6 during his time leading the Eagles. The entire campaign finished at 11-12 a first round Sectional exit courtesy of Brebeuf. Varsity Club report predicts a step back for the Eagles next season, as shit ton graduates. A couple of underclassmen earned varsity minutes, but none were major contributors in any way. On the bright side, JV was pretty solid last season, but those guys will have to make that big step to varsity level. Despite Heritage Christian’s small enrollment, report states they field two teams in both 7th and 8th grade which helps. HC boasts one of the larger coaching staffs in the area, and while inside interest is expected, Varsity Clubbers states finding a dynamic outside candidate may be the goal of some in the hiring process. Report continues, “After all, no one grows up in the Heritage Christian school district dreaming of playing in blue. Every kid, every family has to choose to go here. That personality is a must.” Love it or hate it, that is probably very true. Only teaching gig at this point in the early spring is HS English. Not timeline yet. (Updated 3/25) More insight now that Heritage has officially opened their interim position. Coach Coffer went 3-6 after Coach Warren Wallace resigned offering a cryptic, “Working relationship” issue as the reason in late January. Link to story, but don’t look for much clarity - https://www.yahoo.com/now/warren-wallace-resigns-heritage-christian-154602682.html Good Varsity Clubber reports five seniors graduate not the least of which, Purdue recruit Myles Colvin. The 6-6 stud feasted on 3A HC’s schedule, which included 11 1A and 2A opponents. Incoming coach will likely need that schedule as the talent level reportedly drops-off the table. But getting back to Myles. Good Varsity Club member reports that there are several issues that will/could impact new coach. One being perceived lack of support from admin when attempting to discipline a star player. Another is the long standing conflict of players growing up within a program only to lose playing time to transfer studs. Both problems allegedly played a role in last year’s star-studded 11-12 mark (and first round Sectional ousting via Brebeuf.) A Varsity Clubber familiar with the program reports that a core of 4-5 srs-2-b did log varsity time last year, although none went for more than a handful of buckets a game. Internal interest expected, but unclear which direction admin wants to go at this point. HS English is about it. JV described as solid. (Updated 5/15) Good Varsity Clubber reports Heritage Christian will have assistant AD, Aaron Larson, run the boys basketball summer program. He is a former assistant coach at Taylor University. (Updated 8/11) Good Varsity Club member reports Tre Granger hire.

Bloomington North girls - Departing Coach Jeff Turmail
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Kiley Jarrett (Closed 8/8)

22nd ANNUAL BOARS NEST COACHES CLINIC 2023-2024
AUGUST 26

It’s that time again! I can smell the sweat in the gym and the popcorn popping!! I have gathered the best bunch of basketball junkies I could find! What more in life do we want more than a bunch of friends sitting around talking hoops on a Saturday afternoon?

We have a great line-up of speakers, and I can’t wait to steal from some of the best coaches in the state. After the coaches speak feel free to hang out and stay as long as you want. Just a reminder the bar/restaurant only takes cash (no credit cards). Please feel free to bring your assistants and invite other coaches!! This is a FREE clinic, no registration, just show up!

The following coaches will be our featured speakers:

10:00 - 11:00 Coach Micah Shrewsberry - Head Coach at Notre Dame University. Shrewsberry is fresh off a historic turnaround as the head coach at Penn State. After a 14-17 first season, Shrewsberry produced a 23-14 mark in 2022-23, just the 12th 20-win season in the 127-year history of Penn State basketball. Coach collected more Big Ten wins (17) in his first two seasons than any other Penn State head coach.

Shrewsberry brings a wealth of experience and success to the helm of the Notre Dame program. All-in-all he’s coached in six NCAA Tournaments, two NCAA Final Fours, five NBA Playoffs and two NBA Conference Finals – in addition to coaching all-NBA honorees Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. Coach has strong Indiana ties with coaching stops at Purdue/Butler/IU-South Bend/DePauw/Wabash/University of Indianapolis/Played collegiately at Hanover and High School basketball at Cathedral.Topic – Playing Offense with a Purpose.

11:05 - 12:00 pm Coach Don Carlisle** - Head Coach at Ben Davis HS. Entering his 6th season as the Giants head coach, they are coming off a 33-0 season and a 4A State Championship. He has an overall record of 144- 66. Carlisle was the 2023 Indiana All-Stars coach. Coach has won 4 Sectional Championships, 2 Regional Championship and 2 Semi-State Championship at Ben Davis. Coach won a Sectional title with Indianapolis Arlington in 2016. Coach is a Ben Davis graduate, he played and coached collegiately at IUPUI. Topic – The Culture of Ben Davis Basketball.

12:05-1:10 pm Coach Jarrett Moore- Notre Dame Associate Strength and Conditioning Coach. Coach Moore is in his first year as a strength & conditioning coach at Notre Dame. He is responsible for strength & conditioning programs for Women’s Basketball, Men’s Golf and Women’s Golf. Coach previously worked at Purdue University, where he was an assistant strength & conditioning coach for Men’s Basketball from Fall 2021 until Winter 2022. At Purdue, he started off as the CSCCa Coaching Assistant and assisted all Olympic sports. He was elevated to Strength & Conditioning Associate where he oversaw Women’s Swim, Cheer, and Men’s Tennis. Coach also worked with Volleyball & Dive during the 2022 Spring & Summer seasons. Topic - In Season and Out of Season Workouts.

1:15 - 2:20 pm Coach Brooks Miller - Head Coach at Trine University. Miller just completed his 12th season asthe Head Coach of the Trine University Men’s Basketball program and has 23 combined years of collegiate basketball playing and coaching experience. Miller has compiled an overall record of 197-112 at Trine including a 103-57 record versus Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) opponents. Coach Miller guided the Thunder to their first ever MIAA Championship in 2019 and swept both the MIAA regular season and MIAA Tournament Championships in 2021. Miller’s career at Trine University is highlighted by being named the 2020-2021 NCAA D3 National Coach of the Year by both Hoopdirt.com/Just Play Sports Solutions and Basketball Times Magazine. Miller was also named the 2021 Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year by D3Hoops.com. In 2007, his career took him to Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, where he served as a graduate assistant coach to Naismith Hall of Fame Coach Bob Knight (three National Championships) and was involved with on-campus recruiting and player development. Topic - Motion Offense

2:25 - 3:10 pm Coach John Peckinpaugh* - Head Coach at Kokomo HS. Entering his 3rd season as the Wildkats head coach, they are coming off a 24-5 season and a 4A State Runner-Up. He has an overall record of 65-37. Coach has won 2 Sectional titles, 2 Regional titles and 1 Semi-State Championship with the Kats. Coach has stops at Noblesville HS and college stops as a head coach at Wheeling Jesuit and Indiana Tech. He also served assistant roles at Purdue Ft. Wayne and Indiana Tech. Coach played collegiately at Purdue Ft. Wayne and at Muncie Central HS where they were back-back State Runner-Ups.Topic – Building the Wildkat Defensive Principles

Riverside girls - Departing Coach Jermaine Harris
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Delbert Tardy (Closed 8/7)

South Central boys - Departing Coach Eric Speer
Union Mills, Ind. -- Matty Bush (Closed 8/7)

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Makers of things ingenious, interesting and off the wall, it’s time to see if you’re the coolest of them all.

The Indiana Chamber’s third annual Coolest Thing Made in Indiana competition is back and combines the state’s proud manufacturing tradition and passion for basketball. Entries are being accepted for the Hoosier Hysteria-style single elimination tournament at indianachamber.com/coolest. Entry is free, and nominations will be accepted through Tuesday, Oct. 10.

Third Annual ‘Coolest Thing Made In Indiana’ Contest Now Taking Entries

Makers of things ingenious, interesting and off the wall, it’s time to see if you’re the coolest of them all.

www.inkfreenews.com

Gary 21st Century girls - Departing Coach Keon Viverette (interim)
GARY, Ind. -- Keon Viveretter (Closed 8/4)

Get in the game with “The Basketball Experience IN Indiana”. Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Destination Development Corporation (IDDC) launched “The Basketball Experience IN Indiana” microsite to tell Indiana’s basketball story and why it is more than just a sport in the Hoosier State.

“We are excited to unveil this microsite, which serves as a tribute to the passion and talent that shaped Indiana’s basketball history,” said Lt. Gov. Crouch, Indiana’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development. “The microsite pays homage to the home of basketball and Hoosier Hysteria while creating an educational experience for site visitors. ‘The Basketball Experience IN Indiana’ houses an extensive array of content and experiential opportunities throughout the Hoosier State.”