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>> THEY SAY A PICTURE IS WORTH A
THOUSAND WORDS. THESE IMAGES
PRETTY MUCH SUM UP INDIANA'S
PASSION AND LOVE FOR THE GAME OF

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BASKETBALL. IT'S CALLED THE
HOOSIER HARDWOOD PROJECT AND
IT'S TAKEN SEVEN YEARS,
50-THOUSAND MILES TRAVELLING

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AROUND THE STATE AND 400,000
THOUSAND DIGITAL FRAMES TO BRING
IT TO LIFE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A BREAK

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FROM PANDEMIC RELATED
INFORMATION - AND WHO ISN'T? -
THEN PERHAPS A TRIP THROUGH
INDIANA BASKETBALL HISTORY COULD

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OFFER A MUCH-NEEDED RESPITE.
BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS
WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS.
BILL.

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>> GERRY, THANKS. AND THAT BREAK
MIGHT BE FOUND BY TURNING THE
PAGES OF CHASING INDIANA'S GAME:
THE HOOSIER HARDWOOD PROJECT, A

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COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND
ESSAYS ABOUT MORE THAN 100
GYMNASIUMS THAT HAVE HOSTED
INDIANA BASKETBALL OVER THE

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YEARS. AND JOINING ME TODAY TO
DISCUSS THE BOOK, TO BE RELEASED
BY INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS NEXT
WEEK, ARE PHOTOJOURNALISTS AND

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CO-AUTHORS CHRIS SMITH AND
MICHAEL KEATING. GENTLEMEN,
WELCOME.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON.

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>> THANKS VERY MUCH. GLAD TO BE
HERE.
>> CHRIS, WE'RE GOING TO START
WITH YOU, BECAUSE THE GENESIS OF

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THIS BOOK WAS BACK IN 2013, AND
YOU SAW A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUR
FATHER WHO WAS THE STUDENT
MANAGER FOR THE 1937 TEAM IN

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VERSAILLES, INDIANA, AND THE
LIGHT WENT ON. YOU A CAREER
PHOTO JOURNALIST, I NEED TO GET
MORE OF THESE, TALK ABOUT HOW

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THAT ALL CAME ABOUT.
>> WE ALL LIKE TO PURSUE
PERSONAL PROJECTS, AND I FOUND
THIS PHOTOGRAPH OF MY FATHER'S

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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM, THE
VERSAILLES FRENCHYS, AND IN THE
PICTURE, YOU COULD SEE THE GYM
IN THE BACKGROUND, I THOUGHT,

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WELL, I WONDER IF THAT GYM IS
STILL AROUND, GO PHOTOGRAPH SOME
OLD HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GYMS
IN INDIANA, KNOWING HOW -- WHAT

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AN IMPORTANT PLACE THEY PLAYED
IN THE STATE'S HISTORY. AND I
HAD WORKED WITH MICHAEL THROUGH
MY EMPLOYMENT AT NORTHERN

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KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, AND I ASKED
HIM IF HE WANTED TO GO
PHOTOGRAPH A FEW BASKETBALL
GYMS, AND THAT'S HOW WE STARTED.

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>> AND THEN MORE THAN A FEW.
BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE GONE TO
300 GYMS. AND MICHAEL, JUST TALK
ABOUT WITH THIS, AGAIN, THIS

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INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF HISTORIC
BASKETBALL PLACES IN INDIANA. I
MEAN, HOW DO YOU BEGIN TO EVEN
CUT IT DOWN TO A MANAGEABLE

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NUMBER FOR THE BOOK?
>> WELL, AT THE END OF THE DAY
PROBABLY THE BEST PARTS OF THE
BOOK ARE LEFT ON THE CUTTING

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ROOM FLOOR. NOT REALLY. BUT, WE
COULD -- PROBABLY COULD DO AT
LEAST A COUPLE MORE BOOKS BASED
ON JUST THE THINGS THAT DID NOT

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MAKE IT INTO THIS BOOK. BUT I
THINK WHAT WE LOOKED AT HERE
WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THIS BOOK
TOGETHER, IF YOU LOOK PAGE TO

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PAGE, AND EACH OF THESE PICTURES
HAVE SORT OF A KINSHIP. IT MAY
BE IN TONE OR IN COLOR, OR IN
CONTRAST FROM MEANING THAT ONE

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COULD BE IN A BARN AND ANOTHER
MIGHT BE IN A GRAND GYM
SOMEWHERE IN INDIANA, SOME HIGH
SCHOOL GYM. AND SO I THINK THAT

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WE TRIED TO PASTE AND POSITION
SO THAT THEY HAD A RHYTHM, ALONG
WITH THE WORDS THAT WENT WITH
THEM. AND MOST EVERY PLACE THAT

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WE'VE BEEN, WE HAVE AN
INTERESTING STORY TO TELL. SO
THAT YOU END UP IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE BOOK, IN MY SECTION. IT IS

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DIVIDED -- THIS PHOTOGRAPH, IN
THE FIRST HALF, AND THE SECOND
HALF. AND YOU'VE GOT -- SO, BUT
IN MY SECTION, THERE IS AN ESSAY

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ABOUT THE FIELDHOUSE IN NEW
CASTLE. AND I WAS THERE FOR
A -- [Indiscernible] NEW CASTLE,
THE PLACE WAS JAM PACKED FULL,

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NEARLY 8,000 PEOPLE THERE, AND
IT REALLY SHOWCASED THE WHOLE
IDEA OF WHAT INDIANA BASKETBALL
HAS BEEN, AND WHAT IT STILL IS

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AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR.
>> AND, CHRIS, I MEAN, MICHAEL
MENTIONED THIS GRAND GYMS, AND
NEW CASTLE. BUT SEYMOUR,

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SOUTHPORT, WE HAVE SOME OF THE
LARGEST, IN FACT, I THINK 9, 10
LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY. BUT WE
ALSO HAVE GRAND SMALLER PLACES

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THAT TOOK ON LIFE BIGGER THAN
LIFE LIKE THE HOOSIERS GYM OVER
IN KNIGHTSTOWN.
>> RIGHT. AND WE HAVE A HISTORY

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OF GREAT ARCHITECTURE IN THESE
GYMS. WE DISCOVERED A NUMBER IN
SOUTHERN INDIANA THAT WERE
SUNKEN GYMS. MOST WAS BUILT

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UNDERGROUND, KIND OF AN
ARCHITECTURAL PHILOSOPHY THAT
CAME FROM AN ARCHITECT DOWN IN
THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE STATE.

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AND IT SPREAD AL THE WAY FROM
THE NEW CASTLES TO BARNS WE
PHOTOGRAPHED WHERE PLAYERS GOT
TOGETHER ON THE WEEKENDS TO

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SHOOT. SO WE KIND OF COVERED THE
GAMUT.
>> AND WE NEED TO POINT OUT WILL
BE RELEASED BY I.U. PRESS THIS

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WEEK, PART OF THE INDIANA
HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S BY
CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT. WE WISH YOU
BOTH THE BEST, I CAN'T WAIT TO

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GET MY COPY AS I SPEND A NICE
AFTERNOON LEAFING THROUGH
INDIANA HARDWOOD HISTORY. CALLED
CHASING INDIANA'S GAME, THE

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HOOSIER HARDWOOD PROJECT, CHRIS