Top-seed New York escapes Indiana  Updated: February 19, 2009,
11:26 AM ET By Mark Tennis |  Great State Debate bracket  Even
if Indiana had Reggie Miller, it's doubtful the Hoosier State
could have beaten New York in this week's Great State Debate.
Miller, the legendary NBA sharpshooter who bedeviled New Yorkers
with his play for the Indiana Pacers against the New York Knicks
in the 1990s, actually is from a California high school.
Indiana does have a strong love affair with high school boys'
basketball and has a tradition of support that includes crowds
of as many as 41,000 for state finals. Against the overall
greatness of New York, however, Indiana went down in a 56.4
percent to 43.5 percent defeat.  As the top seed, New York now
moves on to face either No. 4 Pennsylvania or No. 5 Michigan in
a semifinal vote.  Indiana had to place at least second in an
earlier vote just to gain entrance to this week's No. 1 versus
No. 8 debate. It now joins Georgia, North Carolina, Texas and
Virginia on the sidelines.