Less than two hours after arriving in Milwaukee from the National Invitation Tournament Season Tip-Off, it became clear deputy athletic director Mike Broeker was not going to get much sleep.
Broeker got a call at about 3:45 a.m. that a car drove into the Al McGuire Center, penetrating the building’s north entrance on 12th Street, driving into the building and rolling down the west bleachers onto the court.
The incident left less than 12 hours to find a new home for the 2 p.m. women’s basketball game against the University of Illinois at Chicago. The unfortunate crash into the Al had a very fortunate consequence for women’s basketball: getting to play a game in an NBA arena.