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Hinkle Fieldhouse to make NCAA history once again — eight decades later

You could win bar bets by correctly answering these three questions:

>> What was the Indiana Hoosiers’ first undisputed basketball championship?

>> Where did the Hoosiers finish in the Big Ten when they won their first banner?

>> Where did the Hoosiers open play on the way to that first banner?

Answers: 1940 NCAA; second place; Butler Fieldhouse.

We will get back to the Hoosiers. First, here is the backstory on the only time that Butler’s arena, now Hinkle Fieldhouse, was an NCAA tournament site.

After 81 years, that changes Friday when No.