cedar knob

"You're playing' Cedar Knob tomorrow, ain't nobody knows them better than me.  They got no head toppers - a bunch of mites, run ya off the boards.  You got to squeeze 'em back in the paint, make 'em chuck it from the cheap seats. Watch that purgatory they call a gym - no drive, 12 foot in.  That'll do."  With that scouting report Coach Norman Dale of the Hickory Huskers got his first insight into his future assistant Shooter Flatch and we got a preview of our visit to the real "Cedar Knob" - St. Philip Neri School gym.  Located in downtown Indianapolis, the little arena proved to be a perfect location for the fictional Cedar Knob in the 1986 film Hoosiers, with its narrow confines and overhead seating. Although the original floor has been replaced (due to damage), the old gym's supporting role in the defining film about Hoosier Hysteria won't soon be forgotten.  © Chris Smith