Hinkle Fieldhouse, home of the Ciderella Butler Bulldogs, twice NCAA runner up, is a Hoosier icon, and basketball heaven is watching an afternoon game at Hinkle, the court bathed in light shining through huge windows. And fortunately for Super Bowl fans, they can catch a noon game on the Saturday before the Super Bowl.Of all the places ever built to watch and play basketball, this 1920s fieldhouse is the best. Not only was it the fieldhouse used for the championship game in the movie Hoosiers, it was the site of the actual game that inspired the movie, the 1954 Indiana High School Championship game between the mighty 4-time state champion Muncie Bearcats and the tiny Milan Redskins.
The fieldhouse is named for basketball legend Tony Hinkle, who coached Butler for more than 50 years. Hinkle started the tradition now known as the Butler way -- a small school that has always given big schools a battle on the basketball court.The Bulldogs have two home games during Super Bowl week -- Thursday night at 7 pm against Wright State and Saturday at noon against Detroit University.
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