Talk:Hoosiers

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A question here for Dale Arnett. Where did you get your information that, in the film Hoosiers, Hickory defeated an all-black team. I am very curious about this, having just completed Oscar Robertson's recent autobiography where he states the same thing.

In fact, if you watch the movie's championship game, there were two white starters for the opposing team from South Bend. It's even more noticeable when you see that two of the most fatal mistakes made by the South Bend team is by the white point guard. First, he shoots a long range jumper when South Bend just needs to hold onto the ball (no shot clock in 1952). Later, he allows himself to get trapped and throws the ball away setting up Hickory's final heroics. There are discrepancies in the movie, but playing an all-black team is not one of them. -- ho0sier

It is someone else, not Dale Arnett, who put that information. I corrected it so it would say South Bend Central was a predominantly black team (not all-black) and made the stuff about racial stereotypes more NPOV. --Tubutler 23:47, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)

Cleanup - Rewrite

A picky point about the above: there are no "discrepancies" in the movie as to how it relates to Milan. The movie wasn't telling the story of the Milan Indians--just borrowed from it. It is one of those masterpieces of inspired casting, chemistry, and story-telling--like all movies inspired by something from life, it's fun to spot differences, but it's not even a "docu-drama." Buckboard--131.238.92.62 08:20, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

I completely agree with this. This movie was very loosely based on the Milan team, but the entire article is about the differences between the two. I feel it needs a complete rewrite. Jauerback 11:00, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree that it needs a rewrite. Whoever wrote this seems to have an ax to grind. The movie Hoosiers is a work of fiction. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.229.172.185 (talk) 20:19, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it's a work of fiction, but given the number of fans of this movie that think it's an accurate retelling of the 1954 Milan Indians, a discussion of the differences might still be appropriate.Joe Garrick 14:19, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

different importance

please make first rows with diffeent links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosier

Hoosiers is a music groupe too

regards abonino —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.60.51.191 (talk) 07:22, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I am astounded by how little information there is here. There isn't even a recap of the plot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.86.72.154 (talk) 03:38, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

historical errors?

I recall that in the early sixties, the hoop was still at the edge of the court rather than sticking out into the court as seen in the movie (due to its using a modern court unmodified). I also wonder if the lanes were painted differently from the rest of the court at that stadium in the fifties. Finally, while the free-throw style used is what I was taught in the late fifties, I question whether high-school students were using outside jump shots in the early fifties.Kdammers (talk) 07:45, 27 November 2011 (UTC)