INTEGRATED INTO THE CURRICULUM, THANKS FOR JOININGS JOININ. >> THANK YOU.
>> AN INDIANA SPORTS STAPLE SINCE 1940 HAS A NEW LEADER WHO BRINGS INDIANA BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME CREDENTIALS TO THE JOB.
BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS. BILL. >> GERRY, THANKS.
THE ROSTERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AND SOON WE WILL LEARN WHO HAS THE COVETED TITLES OF INDIANA MISTER AND MISS BASKETBALL FOR
JUNE'S ANNUAL INDIANA-KENTUCKY ALL-STAR GAMES. BUT CAN THE SERIES THAT ONCE PLAYED BEFORE SELLOUT CROWDS
ENDURE IN AN EVOLVING SUMMER BASKETBALL ENVIRONMENT? WELL THAT IS CERTAINLY THE INTENT OF THE NEW DIRECTOR, MIKE
BROUGHTON, LIFE-LONG HOOSIER AND COACH OF THE 1993 JEFFERSONVILLE BOYS STATE CHAMPIONS. AND WE WELCOME MIKE TO THE
PROGRAM. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON. YOU ARE THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT JENNINGS COUNTY, PLANNING TO
RETIRE, YOU BUILT A RETIREMENT HOME, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE THE ALL-STAR DIRECTOR. HOW DID THIS ALL COME ABOUT,
MIKE? >> WELL, THE IVCA CAME TO ME IN OCTOBER, AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD WANT TO GET INVOLVED AND THERE'S
TOO MUCH TRADITION IN THIS GAME, CHARLIE HALL DID A GREAT JOB FOR 10 YEARS TO BRING IT BACK, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE AND TRADITION
MEANS A LOT TO ME SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN BASKETBALL ALL MY LIFE. >> YOU SAID '93 STATE CHAMPION
WITH JEFFERSONVILLE. YOU WERE THE ALL-STAR COACH IN 1996. >> YES, AND IT WAS FUNNY, THOSE
KIDS, WE SPLIT THE GAMES BUT% THEY BECAME LIFELONG FRIENDS. THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THIS GAME THAN JUST THE WINNING AND LOSING
AND THAT'S THE FRIEND SHIPS THAT ARE INVOLVED WHEN YOU BRING THE BEST OF THE BEST TO PLAY IN THESE GAMES.
>> AND IN INDIANA PARTICULARLY, THIS STILL REMAINS A BIG DEAL. BEING NAMED TO THE ALL-STAR GAME AND AS SOON WE WILL LEARN ON I
THINK IT'S MAY 5TH WHO WEARS THE COVETED TITLES OF MISTER AND MISS BASKETBALL. THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
>> I TRAVELED 7,000 MILES THIS YEAR. YOU GO IN TO ANY HIGH SCHOOL, I'VE EVEN GONE TO HIGH SCHOOLS
I'VE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN IN THE PAST, AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE JERSEYS HANGING UP IN EVERY TROPHY CASE OR IN THE GYM OR
THERE'S SOME RECOGNITION OF THE INDIANA ALL-STARS, IT'S THE GREATEST HONOR YOU CAN GET AS AN INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
PLAYER. >> IT MEANS SOMETHING STILL TO ME AS A HOOSIER TO BEAT KENTUCKY.
>> IT DOES. I TOLD THE COACHES I WANT THEM TO HAVE FUN, I WANT IT TO BE AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE.
LIKE I TOLD THE KENTUCKY DIRECTOR TODAY, WE WANT TO SWEEP YA. SO THAT'S PART OF IT, PAFORT
WINNING PART OF WINNING AND LOSING AND LAST CHANCE TO BE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS
BEFORE THE COLLEGES SWOOP THEM UP. >> FRIDAY, JUNE 7TH, THEN THEY COME TO BANKERS LIFE ON
JUNE 8TH. I KNOW YOU WANT TO REALLY KIND OF PUMP UP THE END GAME ENVIRONMENT FOR BANKERS LIFE.
>> YEAH, WE'VE DECIDED THE BANKERS LIFE, THE PACERS, THE PEOPLE INVOLVED HAVE REALLY BEEN HELPFUL THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE
GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE YOUTH AND THE YOUNGER PEOPLE BECAUSE THE GAME IS GONNA SURVIVE FOR HOPEFULLY
ANOTHER 80 YEARS, IF WE CAN GET THE YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED. SO IT'S GOING TO BE FAN-FRIENDLY, IT'S GOING TO HAVE
A PACER ATMOSPHERE TO IT AND WE JUST REALLY HOPE PEOPLE COME OUT AND BUY TICKETS. WE HAVE TWO PLAYERS GOING TO
I.U. IN THE MEN'S AND TWO GOING TO I.U. ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE AND TWO GOING TO PURDUE ON THE MEN'S SO THERE'S A LOT OF INDIANA
COLLEGES INVOLVED AND A LOT OF DIVISION I PLAYERS. >> AS YOU PUT IN THOSE SECH THOUSAND
7,000 MILES, WHAT KAIPPED OF FEEDBACK DO YOU GET? DO YOU GET A SHARED ENTHUSIASM FOR MAKING THE GAME LAST A LONG
TIME? >> WELL, I DO, AND THE CROWD IS A LITTLE OLDER LIKE ME THAT WANT TO STAY INVOLVED BUT YOU KNOW, I
CALLED EACH ALL-STAR AND I TALK TO THEM FIVE OR SIX MINUTES ABOUT THE MORNS THE GAME E
MEANT TO ME AND HOW I PECKS THEM TO ACT, EVERY KID I CALLED THIS YEAR, IT'S A GREAT GROUP OF KIDS, AND THEY GO, WE ARE SO
EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS, WE WANT TO BE PART, WE WANT TO BEAT KENTUCKY, AND THEY HAVE FRIENDSHIPS.
SO I THINK WE CAN BRING IT BACK BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ONE TICKET AND MAYBE DRIVING TO ALL PARSE OF THE STATE TO GET EVERYBODY
INVOLVED. >> TICKETS ON SALE AT THE FIELDHOUSE? >> WE HAVE THEM ON SIEL STARTING
APRIL 15TH, WE'D LOVE PEOPLE TO COME OUT, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO HELP SPONSOR THE TEAM OR SPONSOR ANY PART OF THE GAME, I WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR FROM THEM. >> WELL, MIKE, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GIVING UP YOUR RETIREMENT TO