["When I played, there were over 400 teams playing for one state title and every tournament game was in the paper," said Butcher, who played for his father at tiny Loogootee. "People couldn't wait to get the paper and track the brackets and you'd come up with your own final four. Teams were ranked one through 20 back then, so you had an indication of who the top 20 teams in the state were, though it didn't always work out that way."
Plump, whose winning shot in the 1954 state championship game for little Milan High became the inspiration for "Hoosiers," said he didn't know a thing about the NCAA Tournament back in those days.]
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Plump, whose winning shot in the 1954 state championship game for little Milan High became the inspiration for "Hoosiers," said he didn't know a thing about the NCAA Tournament back in those days.]
https://www.startribune.com/indiana-snapshot-single-class-tourney-still-looms-large/600041809/
