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<blockquote data-quote="Roundball Sage" data-source="post: 1860515" data-attributes="member: 748116"><p>Yes. High School gyms.</p><p></p><p>High School gyms are roundball cathedrals. The place where dreams are born and talents begin to emerge and families and friends and classmates gather in celebration of a shared history and legacy. With a simple game that can be anything but simple at times.</p><p></p><p>There is an innocent passion that lives in high school gyms. Players begin to learn the game and find out what kind of game and potential they have.</p><p></p><p>There are the great neighborhood and regional rivalries that add hot spice to the already steaming-hot stew that percolates on the white-hot high school gym floors on cold nights and warm.</p><p></p><p>Coaches that toil largely in anonymity with their love for the game and their passion to make a difference in the lives of young people. Young people who themselves are just learning about Life itself and how to fit in with a Team and how best to learn from mentors who live to share their knowledge and wisdom for minds eager to learn. A match made in roundball Heaven.</p><p></p><p>And we in Illinois are blessed with the greatest high school roundball tournament in the Nation. The Original March Madness. The one that the NCAA had to ‘borrow’ from. Where teams from the small prairie towns all the way to the courts in the Big City and the well-endowed City suburbs all face off in a process of building tension and excitement as the Big State Tournament unfolds.</p><p></p><p>It is pure joy... a baller’s delight. Where dreams and histories are made and preserved in the Grand Mind of Basketball Memory.</p><p></p><p>And one that lives in the hearts of we who love this Game. And this Place.</p><p></p><p>'The Gym'. Words that create magic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roundball Sage, post: 1860515, member: 748116"] Yes. High School gyms. High School gyms are roundball cathedrals. The place where dreams are born and talents begin to emerge and families and friends and classmates gather in celebration of a shared history and legacy. With a simple game that can be anything but simple at times. There is an innocent passion that lives in high school gyms. Players begin to learn the game and find out what kind of game and potential they have. There are the great neighborhood and regional rivalries that add hot spice to the already steaming-hot stew that percolates on the white-hot high school gym floors on cold nights and warm. Coaches that toil largely in anonymity with their love for the game and their passion to make a difference in the lives of young people. Young people who themselves are just learning about Life itself and how to fit in with a Team and how best to learn from mentors who live to share their knowledge and wisdom for minds eager to learn. A match made in roundball Heaven. And we in Illinois are blessed with the greatest high school roundball tournament in the Nation. The Original March Madness. The one that the NCAA had to ‘borrow’ from. Where teams from the small prairie towns all the way to the courts in the Big City and the well-endowed City suburbs all face off in a process of building tension and excitement as the Big State Tournament unfolds. It is pure joy... a baller’s delight. Where dreams and histories are made and preserved in the Grand Mind of Basketball Memory. And one that lives in the hearts of we who love this Game. And this Place. 'The Gym'. Words that create magic. [/QUOTE]
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