audio, stills, text and or video: Go to http://www.zReportage.com to see more - Once installed, a basketball hoop will remain standing almost indefinitely, commencing a slow entropy towards rust and abandonment. It might stand years or even generations before time and weather have their way. Kids will grow up and fly the nest, but the backboard stays behind, a constant reminder of past camaraderie, solitary hours spent perfecting form, or missed opportunities. Always beckoning...take a shot. The hoop is just 'there', and in the state of Indiana, the hoops are everywhere.
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Oct. 21, 2012 - LaGrange, Indiana, U.S. - A boy whose house doesn't have a basketball hoop practices his shooting form. The Hoosier state's obsession with basketball goes back to the early 1900's, and basketball hoops are everywhere.
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Oct. 21, 2012 - Wabash, Indiana, U.S. - The basketball, a grassy lawn, and a hoop above the garage, await the next game.
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Oct. 21, 2012 - South Bend, Indiana, U.S. - A tiny tot's basketball hoop in a toy store with a broken window.
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Oct. 25, 2012 - Gary, Indiana, U.S. - A girl shoots on a makeshift basket attached to a telephone pole in a rough section of the former murder capital of the U.S.
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Oct. 26, 2012 - Shelbyville, Indiana, U.S. - A game is played under dramatic clouds at a trailer park.
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Oct. 26, 2012 - Bremen, Indiana, U.S. - Brothers practice on the ubiquitous hoop in front of their roadside home.
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Oct. 27, 2012 - Warsaw, Indiana, U.S. - A hoop hangs on a dilapidated building behind an overgrown tree.
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Oct. 27, 2012 - Anderson, Indiana, U.S. - A hoop hangs sideways on a rundown building.
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Oct. 31, 2012 - Milan, Indiana, U.S. - The gym at Milan High School, most famous for its 1954 basketball team, which won the Indiana state championship. The 1986 movie 'Hoosiers' is loosely based on the story of this team.
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Oct. 31, 2012 - Batesville, Indiana, U.S. - The rim from a basketball hoop that has seen better days hangs down over a basketball court.
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Nov. 9, 2012 - Washington, Indiana, U.S. - A 'Home of Champions' sign proudly announces how many times the community high school has won the state championship, and how many times residents have been named Indiana's 'Mr. Basketball.'
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Nov. 9, 2012 - Loogootee, Indiana, U.S. - Indiana's all-time winningest high school basketball coach, JACK BUTCHER, at his home. On the wall are framed pictures of his three sons, all of whom he coached.
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Nov. 9, 2012 - French Lick, Indiana, U.S. - A statue of Larry Bird is proudly displayed in a parking lot in his hometown. Bird went on to win NBA championships with the Boston Celtics, play for the US Olympic team, and coach the Indiana Pacers.
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Nov. 10, 2012 - Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. - Ward gives a haircut at his barbershop. The walls display nearly every Indiana basketball game schedule back to the 1980's.
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Nov. 10, 2012 - Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. - A father and son await the first Indiana University Hoosiers men's basketball game of the season from the top most row of Assembly Hall.
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Nov. 10, 2012 - Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. - The Indiana University Hoosiers men's basketball team huddle on court at Assembly Hall before their first game of the season. Ranked number one for the first time in 20 years, expectations are high this season.
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Nov. 11, 2012 - Fishers, Indiana, U.S. - A display of basketball hoops are advertised from www.hoop-world.com.
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Nov. 12, 2012 - Bowling Green, Indiana, U.S. - ZACH and CHAD pose in front of their hoop while younger brother CAMERON plays in the yard.
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Nov. 16, 2012 - Michigan City, Indiana, U.S. - Indiana State Prison inmates cheer for their teammates during a scrimmage against a local college. A maximum security prison, only inmates on good behavior are allowed to participate in the basketball program.
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Nov. 17, 2012 - Goshen, Indiana, U.S. - Three Amish siblings shoot hoops in the backyard of their farm house as laundry dries. Nine brothers and sisters in all, their father is a horseshoe blacksmith.
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Nov. 17, 2012 - Michigan City, Indiana, U.S. - The Indiana State Prison basketball team huddles between plays, coached by fellow inmate ''Teddy,'' left, in the green hat. A maximum security prison, only inmates on good behavior are allowed to participate in the basketball program.
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Nov. 17, 2012 - Michigan City, Indiana, U.S. - An Indiana State Prison inmate soars for a dunk on the prison yards, originally constructed when Lincoln was president.
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Nov. 17, 2012 - Michigan City, Indiana, U.S. - Friends use a football to play a game of horse after their basketball was stolen.
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Nov. 17, 2012 - Michigan City, Indiana, U.S. - The Hoosier state's obsession with basketball goes back to the early 1900's, and basketball hoops are everywhere.
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