There are many in Indiana who lament this loss, and who know that Hoosier Hysteria has been dramatically and significantly lessened thereby.

Hoosier Hysteria has not completely diminished however.

Hoosier Hysteria may have its roots firmly planted in the high school game, but the college tradition brings its own depth to Indiana's passion.

It is safe to say that the terms " Final Four " and " March Madness " have grown out of the tradition of Hoosier Hysteria.

Muncie Central High School has fielded a boys basketball team for over 100 years and is the most successful such program, with more state championships ( 8 State Titles, 7 runner-ups ) in the state noted for boys ' high school basketball and Hoosier Hysteria.

Indiana alone has 10 of the 12 largest high school gyms in the United States and is famous for its basketball passion, famously known as Hoosier Hysteria.

Subtitled A Farmwife's Almanac Of Country Living, this is a gentle and nostalgic chronicle of the changing seasons seen through the clear, humorous eye of a Hoosier housewife and popular columnist.

Hoosier () is the official demonym for a resident of the U. S. state of Indiana.

Hoosier is sometimes used in the names of Indiana-based businesses and organizations.

This story is reported by Dunn ( 1907: 16-17 ) as being told in 1901 by a man who heard this story from a Hoosier family member while traveling in southern Tennessee.

This story is not mentioned in Dunn ’ s or Mencken ’ s research, but if there were such a contractor and such events, they would have taken place after the term " Hoosier " was already well established in Appalachia and was becoming attached to Indiana.

A Hoosier cabinet, often shortened to " hoosier ", is a type of free-standing kitchen cabinet popular in the early decades of the twentieth century.

The name is derived from the largest of them, the Hoosier Manufacturing Co. of New Castle, Indiana.

As the athletic nickname of Indiana University Bloomington, the Hoosier is the subject of debate, primarily concerning the term's meaning and origin.

As there is no physical embodiment of a Hoosier, IU is represented through their letters and colors alone.

* Indiana Historical Bureau, " What is a Hoosier?

* Hoosier National Forest " What is a ' Hoosier '"

The home court of Hickory is located in Knightstown and is now known as the " Hoosier Gym.

It is the hilliest county as well as one of the most forested counties of in Indiana as it features more than of Hoosier National Forest.

Much of the south part of the county, south of Paoli and French Lick, is part of the Hoosier National Forest.

And at present there is Yellowwood State Forest, the Hoosier National Forest, Lake Monroe and Lake Lemon.

Resident summer camp is hosted deep within the Hoosier National Forest at Maumee Scout Reservation in Norman.

Nischa Chuppecat (# 212 ) is Hoosier Trails ' Order of the Arrow Lodge.

Hoosier Grove is also home to many soccer fields, the Streamwood Heritage Museum, " The Barn " banquet center, volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, and a large playground.

It is now known as the Hoosier Gym.

Knowing that the federal government would pay " top dollar ", the employees of a contractor in the Indiana Territory reportedly named Robert Hoosier asked their boss if they could go work for this higher wage in the neighboring state of Ohio.

The Emerson, The ES Jungle ( Closed but replaced by the Hoosier Dome ), The 512 ( Was located in Avon, it has a new location ), The Irving Theater, Barley Island, The Melody Inn, The 1511 House, The Halloween House, Moria, The Firehouse Theatre, 1624 N Harrison St., Fort Wayne Hip Hop and Dance, Jam Crib, and Locals Only are wider-known names across the state for shows.

Between the Indiana state line and Toledo, this portion of the roadway is known as the Fort to Port segment of the Hoosier Heartland Industrial Corridor.

Wendell Willkie, a Republican convert and fellow Hoosier, could attest that Watson's support, or lack thereof, meant everything in the state.

Amtrak's combined Cardinal and Hoosier State trains traverse the former Monon from Crawfordsville to the Indiana state line near Chicago, with one train in each direction daily.

He was General Wesley Clark's first campaign manager in 2003 ran John Kerry's 2004 winning campaign in the state of Michigan, and was senior advisor in Indiana for Barack Obama's victory there ( the first time a Democratic presidential candidate won the Hoosier state since 1964 ).

There is some debate that the demonym for people from the U. S. state of Indiana, Hoosier, is derived from the word huissier.

The Hoosier Gym also hosts Indiana's best high school basketball players in the annual Hoosier Classic.

In 1995, Cuban and fellow Indiana University alumnus Todd Wagner started Audionet, combining their mutual interest in Indiana Hoosier college basketball and webcasting.

in education from Indiana University in 1992, where he spent four seasons as a manager for the Hoosier basketball team led by Bob Knight.

Debuting in November 2008, " Hoosier High-School Sports Classics " re-airs past Indiana State championship games in football and basketball with present day interviews of coaches and athletes that were involved.

Indiana adopted the nickname " Hoosier State " more than 150 years ago.

In the Indiana High School Athletic Association, seven active athletic conferences and one disbanded conference have the word Hoosier in their name.

Piersen writes, " Such an etymology would offer Indiana a plausible and worthy first Hoosier – ' Black Harry ' Hoosier – the greatest preacher of his day, a man who rejected slavery and stood up for morality and the common man.

Jacob Piatt Dunn published The Word Hoosier in 1907, a serious study into the origin of the term " Hoosier " as a term used to describe the citizens of Indiana.

Nicholson, however, had also defended against an explanation that the word " Hoosier " was applied to Indiana because it referred to uncouth country folk.

A contractor reportedly named Samuel Hoosier preferred to hire workers from Indiana during the construction of the Louisville and Portland Canal ( 1826 – 1831 ) in Louisville.

Just as in the Sam Hoosier story, the crew of Indiana workers proved to be industrious, conscientious, and efficient.

Weaknesses of this story include the unlikely mispronunciation of hussar as Hoosier and the fact that Lehmanowsky did not come to Indiana until 1833, by which time the term was already well established.

Other Indiana businesses use Hoosier in the name of their companies: 1 ) Hoosier Racing Tire, manufacturer of racing tires ; and 2 ) Hoosier Bat Company, manufacturer of wood baseball bats.

* Indiana University Alumni Association, " Hoosier "

Indianapolis, Indiana lost in its bid to host the game at the Hoosier Dome, as did Detroit's Pontiac Silverdome and Seattle's Kingdome, who had also applied.

He made arrangements with Thomas Taggart to have a delegation sent from Indiana to support his bid, but was unable to garner support outside of the Hoosier delegation.