Iu athletics sold several thousand plaques from sections of the floor.
Iu assembly hall floor.
Simon skjodt assembly hall is a 17 222 seat arena on the campus of indiana university in bloomington indiana it is the home of the indiana hoosiers men s basketball and women s basketball teams it opened in 1971 replacing the current gladstein fieldhouse.
Indiana hoosiers interactive seating chart at assembly hall.
Or that in addition to serving as a hardwood basketball court the original floor was capable of being converted into an ice skating rink.
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Bob hope preparing for the homecoming show at assembly hall in october 1971.
When izzo and the spartans come to bloomington no matter the coach for iu on the opposite end of the scorers table the atmosphere is always different than an average game.
The building has been iu basketball s home since 1971 bob knight s first year in bloomington.
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Simon skjodt assembly hall men s and women s basketball.
Assembly hall officially opened during the 1971 72 season and dedicated its court branch mccracken court on dec.
Photo courtesy of iu archives.
Address 1001 e 17th street bloomington in 47408 directions simon skjodt assembly hall is located off of fee lane between 17th street and the in 45 46 bypass on the athletics complex.
However after alumna cindy simon skjodt donated 40 million in december 2013 which was the largest gift in iu athletics history it got an updated look.
A full throated simon skjodt assembly hall poured on the noise in support of an iu team that went on to upset no.
The court is named after branch mccracken the men s basketball coach who led the school to its first two ncaa national championships in.
Simon skjodt assembly hall men s and women s basketball.
In 1996 as iu began to sell plaques containing pieces of the assembly hall floor in use from 1976 to 1995 toombs reached out to inform iu that she had the flooring of the old fieldhouse.
Bob knight returned to assembly hall for the first time since indiana fired him 20 years ago finally ending his feud with the program he helped build.
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