The Hoosier Gym, home of the Hickory Huskers, still resonates with basketball fans

By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer

KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind. (AP) — The court is the same one where Jimmy Chitwood played. The locker room is exactly as it was when Norman Dale coached. The wall separating the bleachers from the floor is still there. Things change. The Hoosier Gym doesn’t. About 35 miles east of Indianapolis is the little town of Knightstown, which most people probably aren’t too familiar with. Basketball fans, however, are likely very aware of the place that brings more people into the town than anything else. It’s a small brick building that the Hickory Huskers of the movie “Hoosiers” called home. It hosts more than 50,000 visitors and dozens of high school games each year.