High School Basketball in Indiana is the stuff of legends. Hollywood even makes movies about it. In small towns and larger cities around the state, from November to March, basketball is king. <br><br>In the town where I grew up, Kokomo (an hour north of Indy), we've had some of the best basketball Indiana has to offer. The players change, the coaches come and go and the Kokomo Wildkats legends continue to grow. The one element that stays the same is our Gym. Indiana boasts some of the largest and most beautiful High School gyms in the country. I think ours is one of the finest. When it's sold out .. and rockin', there's absolutely nothing like it.<br><br>Here are a few shots I took tonight of Kokomo's Memorial Gym.of indiana hoops. <br><br>

The image of the tiny Gyms portrayed in Hoosiers is indicative of the smaller schools around the state, and certainly of the High School serving as the inspiration of Hoosier's "Hickory Huskers": Milan High School.<br><br>Kokomo High School is in Indiana's North Central Conference, home of some of the largest High School Gym's in the country. When I was in high school, I'd regularly attend games at Memorial Gym when conference rival New Castle, which included guard Steve Alford on the roster, would play to a packed house.<br><br>

The Gym was built in the mid to late 40's as a memorial to the service men of Kokomo who died in WWII. It's an icon to the community and has been a revenue generator many times over since