Hoosier Basketball Tradition on Line in Vote

By Drew Lindsay

A plan to tamper with Indiana high school basketball's fabled traditions has split the state and put athletic officials on the hot seat.

State athletic leaders will vote this month on a proposal to crown four basketball champions each year instead of one. Such a move would end the nearly century-old tournament format in which schools, big and small, square off for the bragging rights to the title of best in the state.

Delaware, Hawaii, and Kentucky are the only other states where schools are not split into "classes" by enrollment size...