Butler University Football Game on campus at Irwin Field, Indianapolis circa 1921-23Credit: W. Frank Jones, Butler University Archives With the national sports spotlight laser beamed on Bloomington, Indiana and IU’s rise to a national championship, it would likely surprise college football fans to learn Butler University’s eleven proved a worthy opponent in the early eraContinueContinue reading “134 Years Later, IU Football Chalks Up a Loss to Butler”
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Why Hinkle Fieldhouse Was Made for March
When the barely completed Butler Fieldhouse doors swung open on March 7, 1928, it was a bold declaration that the game of basketball mattered, and that it mattered in Indiana more than anywhere else. Six stories high and more than 2 acres under roof, the fieldhouse was designed to hold nearly 15,000 basketball crazed fans.ContinueContinue reading “Why Hinkle Fieldhouse Was Made for March”
When Religion Defeated Indiana’s Worship of Basketball
During March in Indiana, basketball is the undisputed King. Hoosier Hysteria and March Madness both take center court and few Hoosiers are immune from it’s influence. But in 1940, for the first time since the inaugural state tournament in 1911, high school basketball took a backseat to another March tradition that year—Easter. In November ofContinueContinue reading “When Religion Defeated Indiana’s Worship of Basketball”
Historic Hinkle Fieldhouse 