Mid-day video: Final minutes of 1954 Indiana high school basketball title game, which inspired "Hoosiers"

Good times.

February 13, 2012 at 6:16PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The 1954 Milan High School basketball team is, literally, the stuff that legends are made of. The tiny school, with an enrollment of 161, captured the imagination of the state of Indiana by winning the one-class high school basketball tournament. Later, the squad's season and run to the title provided the inspiration for the classic movie "Hoosiers." A few folks were tweeting about footage from the famous championship game between Milan and Muncie Central being released by the Indiana High School Athletic Association, so we went to have a look-see. The video is predictably grainy, but that only adds to the awesome-ness of it.

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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