Thursday started
the first round of the A10 Men’s Basketball Tournament in Brooklyn, NY. AS far as Indiana basketball goes, the
Butler Bulldogs joined the Atlantic 10 Conference for the 2012-2013 season.For
the tournament Butler got the 5 seed and faced the Dayton Flyers Thursday and
defeated them 73-67. The Bulldogs
take on Lasalle at 2:30 on Friday.
Aside
from the actual basketball teams though, comes a history that is important to
Indiana basketball as a whole. Hinkle Fieldhouse is home to the Bulldogs and
this year, the building celebrated it’s 85th year.
The
Butler Sports website has a full history of the facility and says the first
basketball game played in Hinkle was March 7, 1928, where the Bulldogs defeated
Notre Dame 21-13. In 1983, Hinkle Fieldhouse was named to the
National Register of Historic Places. In February 1987, it was tabbed a
National Historic Landmark.
Even
more to the history includes the 1986 movie “Hoosiers.” Any sports fan should see this movie,
but especially those fans trying to understand the heritage af Indiana
basketball. The movie’s championship game takes place in Hinkle Fieldhouse.
With
age, of course, comes wear and tear on anything, so Butler is currently raising
money solely for renovations of the building. At games they promote the
improvements and have a mobile service for people to donate $10 towards the
construction to keep Hinkle up and operating. This piece of Indiana history is
of course important to Butler fans and players, but it is also important to the
whole state because it has such meaning to the heritage of basketball in the
Hoosier State.
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