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| March 01, 2006 | Kauffman, Bill | COPYRIGHT 2006 The American Enterprise, a national magazine of politics, business and culture (TEAmag.com). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Every February, bandbox gyms in thousands of high schools across the fruited plain resound with dribbled basketballs and clanking jumpshots and blackguard curses vociferated against referees who are, inevitably, both blind and biased. If it's late winter, it must be tournament time.

And you can bet that nearly every shooter on the hardwood floor has seen--and seen himself in--Hoosiers. The 1986 film is generally regarded as the best sports movie ever made. It is also a deeply moving depiction of the centrality to a small town of the locally controlled school.

Hoosiers is based on the great folkloric event in Indiana sports history: the 1954 state ...

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