NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
“March Madness”
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t has been a blast to see my son play on the Brown County High School basketball team this year. The varsity team made it through the first round of sectional play and has a good chance to win the title. You would never guess that from their record. But most of the games they lost were close heartbreakers, sometimes in overtime. But that is what I love about basketball. Everything can change in the last few minutes of the game. If you are a Hoosier, you understand. Even the best of the best Indiana University Hoosier teams can lose it in the last seconds. This year is no exception. Since Indiana high schools split up into divisions the little school underdogs don’t get a chance to take down the giants of the big cities like they did in the movie Hoosiers. But these boys still play teams that play rough. Sometimes it is like watching a football game when they pile up in a heap to save the ball. They get punched, slapped, poked, and tackled on both ends of the court. The boys have matured in the last few years, growing up and out. And there is a wide range of body sizes and weights among the teams. It is always the coach’s challenge to match up mass and height. And meanness comes in all sizes. My son likes to imagine what it would be like to play for a team like the Hoosiers or the Butler Bulldogs. And I like to imagine what it would be like to watch him play for a top college team.
I was lucky to be going to Indiana University when the Hoosiers won the NCAA championship in 1976. Oh, my goodness! There was so much March Madness then with an undefeated Hoosier team. Things got a bit out of hand there in Bloomington with cars being turned over and general mayhem. You don’t forget that kind of fever. How exciting it would be to have a son on a championship team! Basketball is my favorite spectator sport. I obnoxiously yell “Go Eagles” during most games. My son is also in cross country and track but I spend most of my time waiting for something to happen at meets rather than watching. I love that you can’t take your eyes off basketball players for a minute without missing something. Basketball demands your attention. It’s fast and full of action. After the high school tournament rounds I will mourn for more basketball. Maybe the Hoosiers will give us what we crave most, another championship. Good luck Eagles and Hoosiers! —Cindy Steele
March/April 2013 • Our Brown County 13