Where do we play?
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Hoping for Assembly Hall or Mackey Arena at Purdue just for familiarity with the arena. If not those two I say just stay in the dome at Lucas Oil. Dome stadiums are hard to shoot in unless you just got done playing there.
First Four: Mackey Arena, Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
First round: Mackey Arena, Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Lucas Oil Stadium
Second Round: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Lucas Oil Stadium
Sweet 16: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse
Elite Eight and beyond: Lucas Oil Stadium
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First round: Mackey Arena, Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Lucas Oil Stadium
Second Round: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Lucas Oil Stadium
Sweet 16: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse
Elite Eight and beyond: Lucas Oil Stadium
2023 March Madness: Men's NCAA tournament schedule, dates, times
This is the schedule for March Madness in 2023, which begins with the First Four games in Dayton and continues to the 2023 Final Four in Houston.
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First Four: Mackey Arena, Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
First round: Mackey Arena, Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Lucas Oil Stadium
Second Round: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Lucas Oil Stadium
Sweet 16: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse
Elite Eight and beyond: Lucas Oil Stadium
2023 March Madness: Men's NCAA tournament schedule, dates, times
This is the schedule for March Madness in 2023, which begins with the First Four games in Dayton and continues to the 2023 Final Four in Houston.
Who the hell is Simon Skrotum, or whatever Assembly Hall is now? Was he the little chalk kid?
In regard to anyone who might be attending, hope you’re at Hinkel! My sister went to Butler, and I’ve been to a few games there (including the buzzer beater vs. a top 10 Gonzaga team when it was College Gameday). Awesome, old school arena!
Given the choices, I'd agree that Hinkle would easily be the best gym to play in.
I just hope we can play way late on Monday. I doubt it will happen but we have tryouts for high school soccer. How inconsiderate of the NCAA to tap into my life schedule like that.
Like the looks of that place, an old time hockey arena. Hopefully it’s a good barn for the shooters.
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6500 capacity. Assuming 1500 ish but most would be Hawk fans and it’s a smaller arena. Should have a bit of an edge there.
Definitely HOME COURT since Farmers and Iowa are like twinsy! 😁
Probably more of an arena that Grand Canyon is use to playing in.
Given our history at Assembly and Mackey, I am just fine not playing there
Interesting the Farmers Coliseum is on the Indiana State Fairgrounds. It looks a lot like the building kids show animals in at the Iowa Stare Fair.
Well, they do have horses in there during the Indiana state fair.
Hopefully it has been well ventilated since then.
(From The Indy Star) Indiana University's Assembly Hall will be named after philanthropist Cindy Simon Skjodt after her $40 million gift to renovate the iconic 42-year-old basketball arena.
The building will become Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall when renovations are complete, around 2016. IU officials said the work will not interfere with basketball, commencement or "other major activities" in the building.
The Star on Dec. 8 first published renderings and the major changes announced Thursday.
The money from Simon Skjodt (pronounced "Scott") — the largest gift in athletic department history and fourth-largest in school history — will pay for most or all of the work on Assembly Hall. It is part of IU's $150 million fundraising campaign to improve athletic facilities. Simon Skjodt's father is the late Mel Simon, who co-owned the nation's largest mall company and the Indiana Pacers.
"Waves of emotion come over me as I think about how proud my dad would be," Simon Skjogt said at a news conference at Assembly Hall. "It brings me great pride to offer this gift to IU, for the next generation, not just to my children, but to other children too."
Changes at Assembly Hall include luxury seating above the bleachers behind the south basket; escalators replacing some ramps; a modern "jumbotron" scoreboard; turning the south lobby into a "grand entryway" and remodeled restrooms and concession stands, plus additional restrooms.
The seating bowl and balcony will remain unchanged, and seating capacity will not decrease.
The renovation plans are a distinct change from the position taken by IU's trustees in 2007. At the time, they said renovating Assembly Hall was "not a feasible alternative." But construction of the Cook Hall practice facility adjacent to the arena went a long way in solving the problem. The facility's amenities include separate practice courts for men's and women's teams.
Building a new basketball arena would cost $200 to $300 million, IU athletic director Fred Glass has said.
IU men's basketball coach Tom Crean said renovating Assembly Hall will "preserve the legacy of a national treasure."
Glass said he's keenly aware of concerns IU fans might have about changing the name of an iconic arena. For years, the ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale has called for the school to name the building after former coach Bob Knight.
"I think if people are willing to look at this, they'll see it as really terrific and appropriate naming," Glass said. "Not everybody will, and I get that. But my responsibility is to be a good steward of the department."
Glass noted the Simon family's role in keeping the Pacers in Indianapolis and Simon Skjodt's status as an IU alumna and longtime basketball fan.
"Cindy's one of us," Glass said. "She went to games as a little girl with her dad. She was a student here. She's been a season-ticket holder. She's from one of the most philanthropic and sports-minded families in the state of Indiana."
IU women's basketball coach Curt Miller said his players were surprised when they heard the donation had come from a woman. A recruit, he said, told him to "tell Cindy: 'You go girl.'"
Said Simon Skjodt: "Women are becoming empowered all over the world, in all facets of life, business and sports."
Simon Skjodt's gift could extend the life of Assembly Hall for decades.
"I seriously want this building to be here for another 42 years," Glass said, "and stand the test of time for multiple generations of IU fans."
Hawks are playing at Fairgrounds.. Old building from 1939 and the Beatles actually played there in early 1960's. Not the best section of town.
Cue Pictures of corn fields and pig farms similar to ABC coming back from commercial when showing Hawk football...
