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This is a list of arenas that currently serve as the home venue for NCAA Division I college basketball teams. Conference affiliations reflect those in the 2024–25 season; all affiliation changes officially took effect on July 1, 2024. The arenas serve as home venues for both the men's and women's teams except where noted.
In 1975, the tournament expanded to 32 teams and eliminated byes for top seeds, to accommodate the additional games eight sites hosted first round games. Between 1979 and 1985 , the tournament gradually expanded to a 64-team field with a full, sixth round, creating the modern First and Second Rounds hosted at eight sites.
The Coliseum has also hosted NBA basketball, high school basketball, and the Harlem Globetrotters. From 1959 to 1989, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons basketball team played a portion of its home schedule at the Coliseum, usually games against popular opponents that could not be accommodated in the smaller Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum .
Cajundome. The Cajundome is a 13,500-seat multi-purpose arena located in Lafayette, Louisiana on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus.It is home to the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's and women's basketball programs in addition to hosting various university events and commencement ceremonies including high school graduations.
The following is a list of indoor arenas which are currently the home of a professional, semi-professional, or national basketball team (page is in process of being updated). They are ordered by capacity , which is the maximum number of spectators the arena can accommodate for basketball.
James H. Hilton Coliseum is recognized as one of the finest facilities for collegiate basketball in the nation. CBS SportsLine.com’s Dan Wetzel rated Hilton No. 10 on his list of the nation’s top college basketball arenas. Until the completion of the Sukup Practice Facility in the fall of 2009, both Cyclone squads held practices and games ...
The arena also routinely hosts local and state high school basketball tournaments, in addition to hosting the annual Virginia Regional (formerly VCU/NASA) FIRST Robotics Competition. [ 5 ] Before the 2016–17 basketball season, the arena was renamed the E.J. Wade Arena; a construction company owned by a local family in Mechanicsville, Virginia .
Teams wishing to play at the Manhattan venue were often required to schedule a game at the Palestra, which thereby hosted several very high-level sporting events. Many professional games were played at the Palestra before the completion of the Spectrum in 1967. The arena hosted the 1968 Intercontinental Cup basketball tournament. [6]