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...areas in the West, everyone seems to think no ball player is any good unless he comes out of the New York or Philadelphia ghettoes. The only other semi-acknowledged (by these Eastern hoops gurus) source of basketball talent is the fields of Indiana, the land of the Hoosier myth. But only rarely does a great one emerge from the wheat fields and the single hoop planted in the grass by a dirt road...
...loss was blemish on Reilly's strong numbers, but he did not play a bad game. Under the pressure of the Hoosier's barrage (23 shots at goal), Reilly came up with 11 saves...
...Jersey native, Hadrick moved to Indiana when she was 12, just in time to be indoctrinated with Hoosier hoops. In Indiana, basketball is not just a sport--it's a way of life. As a freshman, Hadrick's Crown Point High School team went to the state final. She played on the junior varsity squad that year...
Lamb, a fellow Hoosier from Lafayette, Ind., conducted many of the interviews himself. His crew commandeered a small conference room on our 24th floor. "I was surprised at how quickly everybody adapted to the situation," says Barrett Seaman, deputy chief of correspondents. "Everything went much more smoothly than I expected...
...Talk of the Hoosier State...