Indiana Snapshot: Plump still big hit at NCAA Tourney time

FILE - Hinkle Fieldhouse is shown in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game between Butler and Marquette in Indianapolis, in this Jan. 18, 2014, file photo. Hinkle Fieldhouse is one of six venues hosting NCAA Tournament games later this week. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2016, file photo, Bobby Plump, star of the 1954 Milan state championship basketball team, poses at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. “The Indiana high school tournament is still special, not as special as it used to be, but it’s still special," said Plump, whose winning shot in the 1954 state championship game became the inspiration for “Hoosiers." (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

FILE - In this March 13, 1954, file photo, Bobby Plump, right, of Milan High School, works the ball against Crispus Attucks' Willie Mason (34) and Oscar Roberston (43) during a high school basketball tournament semistate game at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. At age 84, the affable, silver-haired Plump remains one of the state's top basketball ambassadors and nothing, not a pandemic or an unprecedented NCAA Tournament, can keep those yearning to meet him away. (Frank Fisse/The Indianapolis Star via AP, File)

Bobby Plump, right, star of the 1954 Milan state championship basketball team that inspired the movie "Hoosiers," poses for a portrait with the movie's writer, Angelo Pizzo, at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, during a Sweet 16 NCAA men's basketball game Saturday, March 27, 2021. Most fans naturally link Plump with Hinkle Fieldhouse because of the last-second shot he made in 1954 to give Milan High School the state championship. They know it as the shot that inspired the movie “Hoosiers." Around the state, Plump is revered for other reasons. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)