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Message: [QUOTE="IWearShoes, post: 2983465, member: 8649"] Fella named Maris Valainis played Chitwood. Was cut from his HS BBall team, but played golf at Purdue. Love this story... [I][SIZE=2]Of the eight actors cast as members of the team, Valainis was reportedly the only one who did not actually play high school basketball.[/SIZE][/I] [SIZE=2][I][/I][/SIZE] [I][SIZE=2]The scene in Hoosiers with Jimmy Chitwood and Coach Norman Dale talking while Jimmy is shooting baskets at an outdoor basket was filmed in one take. Valainis said that he "wasn't even listening to (Gene Hackman). I was just concentrating on making (the shots) and I made one and they kept going in." In the scene where Chitwood made the final shot of the state championship game, Valainis was told that whether he made the shot or not, people were going to rush the floor because of the need for a wide shot of the court. Luckily, he made it on the first take (and later sank the same shot in a second take).[/SIZE][/I] [/QUOTE]