That it is the sense of the Senate that—
The Hoosier Gym, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2021, continues to remain an important historical and cultural location for the State of Indiana, Henry County, the Town of Knightstown, and the nearly 80,000 basketball enthusiasts and tourists throughout Indiana, the United States, and the world that visit the location every year;
the film “Hoosiers”, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2021, continues to remain one of the top ranked and most influential sports movies of all time, highlights the love of basketball in the State of Indiana, and provides a better understanding of “Hoosier Hysteria” to the world;
both the film and this historical location deserve recognition for the continued legacies that greatly enrich the State of Indiana, its local communities, and its citizens by providing the world with a better understanding of the love of basketball in Indiana and what it means to be a Hoosier;
continued admiration for this film and historical location reinforces the quote by Dr. James Naismith, basketball’s inventor, after visiting an Indiana High School State Basketball Championship game that “Basketball really had its beginning in Indiana which remains today the center of the sport”, and such admiration continues to promote throughout the world a better understanding of the motto “In 49 States, it's just basketball, but this is Indiana”; and
the anniversaries of the film “Hoosiers” and The Hoosier Gym should be recognized due to the historical and cultural significance each had and continue to have in introducing the State of Indiana and its love of basketball to the rest of the country and the world.