Iu Assembly Hall Floor

Assembly hall officially opened during the 1971 72 season and dedicated its court branch mccracken court on dec.

Iu assembly hall floor. Photo courtesy of iu archives. See the seat map with rows seat views and ratings. Bob hope preparing for the homecoming show at assembly hall in october 1971. Jay and nancy wilkinson performance center details.

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. 11 michigan state 67 63. She was willing to donate some of it to iu if it would be put to good use. Simon skjodt assembly hall men s and women s basketball.

The court is named after branch mccracken the men s basketball coach who led the school to its first two ncaa national championships in. 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. 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. Or that in addition to serving as a hardwood basketball court the original floor was capable of being converted into an ice skating rink.

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. Simon skjodt assembly hall men s and women s basketball. 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. 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.

Iu athletics sold several thousand plaques from sections of the floor. Indiana hoosiers interactive seating chart at assembly hall. The building has been iu basketball s home since 1971 bob knight s first year in bloomington.