Hoosier Hysteria is the state of excitement surrounding basketball in Indiana, or more specifically the Indiana high school basketball tournament.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Among those who have received Sagamores have been astronauts, presidents, ambassadors, artists, musicians, politicians, and citizens who have contributed greatly to " Hoosier " heritage.

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.

In 2000 the town celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary in combination with the Hoosier Millennium celebration.

First developed in the early 1900s by the Hoosier Manufacturing Company in New Castle, Indiana, and popular into the 1930s, the Hoosier cabinet and its many imitators soon became an essential fixture in American kitchens.

Often billed as a " pantry and kitchen in one ," the Hoosier brought the ease and readiness of a pantry with its many storage spaces and working counter right into the kitchen.

Siena Heights athletic teams are known as the Saints, the university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ), and competes in the Wolverine – Hoosier Athletic Conference ( WHAC ) as its primary conference, women's lacrosse competes in the National Women's Lacrosse League ( NWLL ), while football will join the Mid-States Football Association ( MSFA ) in 2012.

The next year, the Hoosier Lottery awarded WNDY the rights to its programming which had aired on WTTV since 1989.

Though rail passenger advocates tried to get the train's route extended to Nashville in an effort to increase ridership, Amtrak lost its mail contract, and the Kentucky Cardinal last ran July 4, 2003, restoring the old Hoosier State on July 6 ( the Cardinal ran both ways on July 5 ).

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

* Hoosier Crossroads Conference, a high school athletic conference in Central Indiana

He was one of Case's original six " Hoosier Hotshots ," a group of high school stars Case recruited from Indiana.

Hoosier Pass elevation is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States.

The Coliseum also hosts Budweiser Fight Night Boxing, the Indianapolis Boat, Sport & Travel Show, The Hoosier Horse Fair, high school and college commencement ceremonies, and many concerts featuring national acts.

In August 2008, the newly branded " Indiana's 4 " started running " Hoosier High-School Sports Overtime ," a weekly half-hour program devoted to Indiana high school athletics.

He was also the third receiver in Hoosier history to gain over 1, 000 yards in a season and 23 punt returns. His 59 receptions during the 2002 season ranked second in school history.

His Hoosier teams owned a 68-22 (. 756 ) record in tournament play, the best winning percentage of any school.

During his tenure as the Northwestern coach O ' Neill is most notably remembered for a game with Indiana where the rowdy Northwestern faithful chanted " Hoosier Daddy " ( a play on " Who's Your Daddy?

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

The Mustangs compete in the NAIA through the Association of Independent Institutions ( AII ); the college will join the Wolverine – Hoosier Athletic Conference starting in the 2012-13 academic year.

* HS stations must air at least 12 hours daily, or they are left open for a third party to apply for a timeshare on the frequency, as in the case of 2004, when Hoosier Public Radio Corp. of Greenfield, Indiana, applied for such against seven HS and college radio stations in Indiana and Kentucky.

Wayne County includes Indiana's highest natural elevation, Hoosier Hill, at 1, 257 feet ( 383 m ).

In some states, the program name is the generic term, as with California's Freeway Service Patrol ; in others, the program has an individualized name, as with Indiana's Hoosier Helper program.

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.

Later that year, Bartholomew County was organized by an act of the State Legislature and named to honor the famous Hoosier militiaman, General Joseph Bartholomew.

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

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

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

" Hoosier " also refers to the cotton-stowers, both black and white, who move cotton bales from docks to the holds of ships, forcing the bales in tightly by means of jackscrews.

Hoosier at times can also be used as a verb describing the act of tricking or swindling someone.

Harry Hoosier was a black itinerant Methodist minister who evangelized throughout the American frontier at the beginning of the 19th century.

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.

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.

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.

Mr. Hoosier gave his consent, asking them to return to work for him when this section of the road was done.

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

The federal foreman referred to the group as " Hoosiers " meaning they were workers that Robert Hoosier had allowed to join the national work crew.

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.