The Pacers have worn “Hickory” jerseys this season, honoring a fictitious high school team from a 30-year-old movie. But true Indiana high school basketball heroes are practically next door.

It was the legendary state high school championship team of 1954 from tiny Milan, Ind. that inspired one of the most popular sports movies of all time, "Hoosiers," which hit the silver screen in 1986.

The Crispus Attucks basketball team made history when they won back-to-back Indiana state championships, amid the challenges of segregation and the Ku Klux Klan, to become one of the most notable ...

You know the movie mythology of Hoosiers … but there’s a richer real-life story of 1950s hoops heroism in Indiana: Oscar Robertson led his high school to a barrier-breaking state title–and ...

In 1954, Attucks lost in the state tournament to Milan High School, the rural team that inspired the fictional Hickory High in “Hoosiers.” McCallum uses that film, and the racial dynamics of ...

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Crispus Attucks High School’s basketball team, including Oscar Robertson, second from left, celebrate their 1954 regional title by hoisting their coach, Ray Crowe, on their shoulders.

Although the Hoosiers only quality wins this pre-conference season have been against No.1 Kentucky, at N.C. State and against Notre Dame on a neutral site, their stats can speak for themselves.

Jack Nicholson, not Gene Hackman, was the original coach cast and other things you might not know about 'Hoosiers' and how it was inspired by the 1954 Milan High School basketball state champions.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Tom Crean is changing the blueprint at Indiana. After dealing with all the frustration, all the close calls, all the heartache and even a chorus of boos last season, the ...

Writing this book, a real-life Maine version of the movie “Hoosiers,” was special for him—as he puts it, a blessing. “It rekindled friendships and created others” he wrote. “It ...

A filmmaker, a historian and a writer will talk about Crispus Attucks High School basketball and its back-to-back Indiana state championships.