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War Memorial Coliseum was known foremost as the home of the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons for five seasons (1952–57) as well as the 1953 NBA All-Star Game and 1955 and 1956 NBA Finals. After the Pistons moved to Detroit in 1957, the facility continued to host at least one of their games every season from the 1958–59 to 1966–67 campaigns.
Originally called the Fort Wayne City Series, the name was changed to the Summit Athletic Conference in 1973, when Harding High School joined. [ 1 ] Elmhurst High School closed at the end of the 2009-10 academic year, with students being spread out between North Side , South Side , and Wayne high schools. [ 2 ]
In 2014, IPFW reach their first Summit League tournament championship before losing to North Dakota State. Beginning in 2016, the school rebranded itself from IPFW to Fort Wayne to build a stronger tie to the Fort Wayne community. [3] The transition only affected the athletic department's branding efforts.
Currently, all 9 men's basketball teams [1] [2] in the Summit League receive a berth in the conference tournament (barring NCAA sanctions). Before the 2022-23 season, only the top 8 conference teams (by conference record) made the tournament. After the 16-game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:
In 2006, Fort Wayne's crime rate was 5104.1 per 100,000 people, slightly above the national average of 4479.3. [199] There were 18 murders, 404 robberies, and 2,128 burglaries in 2006. [199] Steve Reed was appointed to the position of police chief in 2016. [200]
Purdue University Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne, Indiana: 1964 [g] Public 10,139 2007 2020 Mastodons: Horizon: Southern Utah University: Cedar City, Utah: 1897 Public 8,297 1997 2012 Thunderbirds: Big Sky: WAC: Southwest Missouri State University [h] Springfield, Missouri: 1905 Public 21,059 1982 1990 Bears (men's) Lady Bears (women's) [i] Missouri ...
Fort Wayne hosted two NBA Finals Games in 1955 and 1956, as well as the third city to host the NBA All-Star Game in 1953. [4] The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum was also venue to the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Volleyball Championship matches, in addition to hosting the 2000, 2001, and 2002 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournaments .
In 1990, only two days after the first Komets team left Fort Wayne, the Franke family of Fort Wayne bought the Flint Spirits, moved them to Fort Wayne, and took the Komets name and history. From 1985-1999 they also played in the IHL, then in 1999 they moved to the United Hockey League (UHL). In 2007 the UHL changed its name to the International ...