Bill Garrett Fieldhouse

Bill Garrett Fieldhouse
	Interactive map of Bill Garrett Fieldhouse
Former names	IU Fieldhouse; Wildermuth Intramural Center
Location	1025 E 7th; Bloomington, IN 47405
Coordinates	39°10′09″N 86°31′15″W / 39.169203°N 86.520907°W
Owner	Indiana University
Operator	Indiana University
Capacity	8,000 (approx., former)
Construction
Opened	December 13, 1928
Construction cost	$350,000
Tenants
	Indiana Hoosiers; (Intramurals - current); (Men's basketball - 1928–60)

The Bill Garrett Fieldhouse or William Leon Garrett Fieldhouse (formerly known as simply the Fieldhouse) is a gymnasium at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. It was the former home of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team.

History

The Fieldhouse was built near the Men's Gymnasium for the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team. It was first used for the 1928–29 season. The first game at the facility was held on December 8, 1928, when the Hoosiers lost lost 31–30 to the Washington Bears. Branch McCracken scored the first point in the facility, with a free throw.^[1]

The Fieldhouse hosted two national championships and four conference titles. It was the home of 20 All-Americans. The final game was played on February 29, 1960.^[1]

In 2010, a women's locker room was added and the men's and faculty/staff locker rooms were renovated.^[2] In 2012, the facility underwent repairs following damage from a fire.^[3]

The sports facility had been formerly named "Wildermuth Intramural Center" after Ora Wildermuth, a former university trustee who held "extraordinarily strong opposition to racial integration".^[4]^[5] The trustees had approved a recommendation to honor Bill Garrett, the "first black basketball player to regularly play in the Big Ten conference", by renaming the facility to "William L. Garrett-Ora L. Wildermuth Intramural Center" on February 20, 2009.^[4]^[5] However, the school announced four days later that it would not implement the change due to lack of support from Garrett's family.^[4] Eventually, in 2018, Wildermuth's name was stripped from the facility, and the trustees renamed the facility "Intramural Center".^[4]

The facility was renamed to honor former IU All-American Bill Garrett in 2020.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Hiner, Jason (2005). Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia. United States: Sports Publishing. pp. 448. ISBN 1-58261-655-8.
^ "Main Locker Room Renovation Project". Retrieved 4 April 2012.
^ "Wildermuth Intramural Center Closure". Retrieved 4 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Indiana University gym no longer named after segregationist, school says".
^ ^a ^b "Intramural Center renamed for IU basketball star Bill Garrett". 12 June 2020.
^ "IU President announces plans to rename campus structures". Office of the President. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[Hiner-1] Hiner, Jason (2005). Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia. United States: Sports Publishing. pp. 448. ISBN 1-58261-655-8.

[2] "Main Locker Room Renovation Project". Retrieved 4 April 2012.

[3] "Wildermuth Intramural Center Closure". Retrieved 4 April 2012.

[garrett.indystar-4] "Indiana University gym no longer named after segregationist, school says".

[garrett.iu-5] "Intramural Center renamed for IU basketball star Bill Garrett". 12 June 2020.

[6] "IU President announces plans to rename campus structures". Office of the President. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

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