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Butler Fieldhouse

510 W 49th St

Indianapolis, IN 46208

Opened: March 17, 1928

Originally known as Butler Fieldhouse from 1928 until 1966, now called Hinkle Fieldhouse, is a basketball arena on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Completed in early 1928, it was the largest basketball arena in the United States until 1950. The facility was renamed Hinkle Fieldhouse in 1966 in honor of Butler's longtime coach and athletic director, Paul D. "Tony" Hinkle. It is the sixth-oldest college basketball arena still in use. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1987, Hinkle Fieldhouse is sometimes referred to as "Indiana's Basketball Cathedral."

Hinkle Fieldhouse has served as the home court for the Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team since 1928 (with the exception of 1943 to 1945, when it was converted to a military barracks during World War II) and as the site of the annual Indiana High School Boys Basketball Tournament's championship games from 1928 to 1971. In addition to amateur and professional basketball games, it has hosted visits from U.S. presidents, indoor track events and bicycle races, professional tennis matches, circuses, and other civic and religious gatherings.

The Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team won the Horizon League conference title at Hinkle in 2010. Several memorable high school basketball championship games were played at the Butler arena, including the 1954 title game, when tiny Milan High School's basketball team defeated a larger Muncie Central High School team. Milan's team served as the inspiration for the movie Hoosiers (1986), and the final scenes of the film's championship game were filmed at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

Last 10 Games
Date	Opponents	Result

Jan 31, 1966	Notre Dame @ Butler	67 - 90
Jan 1, 1966	Yale @ Butler	67 - 75
Dec 29, 1965	Toledo @ Butler	79 - 89
Dec 22, 1965	Michigan @ Butler	64 - 79
Dec 8, 1965	Ohio State @ Butler	75 - 74
Dec 3, 1965	USC @ Butler	75 - 77
Feb 8, 1965	Notre Dame @ Butler	94 - 72
Jan 18, 1965	Bradley @ Butler	74 - 80
Dec 21, 1964	Tulane @ Butler	67 - 84
Dec 19, 1964	Michigan St. @ Butler	89 - 90