Not long after Dr. James Naismith invented the game of basketball at a YMCA Training School in Springfield, Mass., in 1891, one of his proteges, Reverend Nicholas McKay, introduced the game at a YMCA in Crawfordsville, Ind. While Springfield rightfully holds the title of the “Birthplace of Basketball”, it was The Hoosier State that quickly […]
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The Ohio Valley Conference
The Ohio Valley Conference Board of Presidents have voted to award the 2019 and 2020 OVC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships to the Evansville Sports Corporation for the event to be held at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The event was held for the first time in Evansville this year, the first time the […]
United Fidelity Bank River City High School Basketball Showcase Tickets on Sale
September 27, 2018 For Immediate Release Contact: Eric Marvin Evansville, IN- The Evansville Sports Corporation is pleased to announce United Fidelity Bank as the title sponsor of the inaugural River City High School Basketball Showcase. The event will be held December 7-8 at the Ford Center in Evansville. All eight Southern Indiana Athletic Conference (SIAC) […]
Ford Center to Host Two-Day Prep Basketball Showcase in December
EVANSVILLE – For the first time since its opening in 2011, the Ford Center will host prep basketball. The River City High School Basketball Showcase, created by the Evansville Sports Corporation, in cooperation with the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation and the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference, will be held Dec. 7-8 at the Ford Center. All […]
SCB Hall of Fame Induction & SCB HOF Classic Return to Evansville In November
BALDWIN CITY, Kan. – With much excitement, Small College Basketball announces the details for the 2017 Small College Basketball (SCB) Hall of Fame Classic. The SCB Hall of Fame Classic will be held on Friday andSaturday, November 3 & 4, at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. There will be two sessions for each of the two days, and […]
Evansville Awarded 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship
Below is information on ways to purchase tickets for the 2018 OVC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. For more information on the event, visit the OVC Basketball Championships Website. GENERAL INFORMATION The Ohio Valley Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships presented by VisitMyrtleBeach.com, will be held February 28 through […]
Stage is set for SCB Hall of Fame Classic
Stage is set for SCB Hall of Fame Classic Pat Hickey , pat.hickey@courierpress.com12:27 p.m. CST November 18, 2016 Seven living inductees in the inaugural Small College Basketball Hall of Fame sat at Thursday’s press conference at the Holiday Inn Airport in Evansville. It was a ‘Murderer’s Row’ of former small college stars — Jerry Sloan, […]
Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe among hoops legends to be honored in Evansville
Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe among hoops legends to be honored in Evansville Daniel Allar , daniel.allar@courierpress.com10:54 p.m. CST November 16, 2016 Earl “The Pearl” Monroe attempted 14,898 shots over his 13-year NBA career. He made 6,906 of them. But he still remembers his first-ever attempt in college — for Winston-Salem State University in 1963. It […]
Evansville Sports Corporation, USI set to host NCAA Division II Midwest XC Regional
For Immediate Release, October 31, 2016 EVANSVILLE, Ind.—The University of Southern Indiana Department of Athletics along with the Evansville Sports Corporation is set to host the NCAA Division II Midwest Cross Country Region Championships this Saturday at Angel Mounds. The men’s 10-kilometer race begins at 10:30 a.m., while the women’s 6k is slated for an […]