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Bear Down Gym, originally known as Men's Gymnasium, is a 300-seat multi-purpose arena in Tucson, Arizona. It opened in 1926. It opened in 1926. It was home to the University of Arizona Wildcats basketball team.
The Wildcats non-conference schedule was announced on September 9, 2024. [21] Arizona has confirmed games against Duke at McKale Center, [ 22 ] Wisconsin in Madison , [ 23 ] and has been confirmed to play in the 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis , which includes Gonzaga, Indiana, Louisville, Providence, West Virginia, Oklahoma and Davidson.
Bear Down" is the official motto of the Arizona Wildcats, located in Tucson, Arizona. [1] It is the inspiration for "Bear Down, Arizona!," the unofficial fight song of the University of Arizona (U of A). The official fight song is "Fight! Wildcats! Fight!" written by Douglas Holsclaw.
Designed by noted Tucson architect Roy Place (who also designed the adjacent Arizona Stadium and Bear Down Gym), UA Field was constructed in 1929 by Orndorff Construction for $13,000. [1] The playing surface was oriented facing southeast, bounded on the north by University Boulevard, on the east by Cherry Avenue, on the south by 4th Street and ...
During construction, the Wildcats briefly considered playing some of its 1971–72 home schedule in the then-newly completed 8,000-seat arena at the Tucson Convention Center, [5] but eventually declined, remaining in Bear Down Gym until the new venue was ready.
Men's Gymnasium may refer to: . Men's Gymnasium, University of Arizona, now Bear Down Gym; Men's Gymnasium-University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, now Faulkner Performing Arts Center
A few weeks later Lee was named the UA band director, and in September 1952, the UA band performed "Bear Down, Arizona!" in public for the first time. Soon thereafter, "Bear Down, Arizona!" became accepted as UA's fight song despite the fact that the Chicago Bears fight song, "Bear Down, Chicago Bears", was introduced in 1941.
Under his tenure, major planning began [14] for a larger and more modern basketball arena (which would become McKale Center) to replace the outdated Bear Down Gymnasium. Larson would later serve as an analyst on Wildcat football and basketball telecasts during the Lute Olson (and Dick Tomey ) era.