February 4, 1928 was the first basketball game played at Williams Arena. To see more about the game go to the Old And Gold site for their entry on it. Also shoutout to the Old and Gold squad, they post stuff.
90 years ago today Gopher Basketball played its first game inside The Barn, falling in double overtime to Ohio State 40-42. pic.twitter.com/krEsj2BGG3
— Ryan K. Barland (@HipsterGopher) February 4, 2018
For the 90th anniversary the U of M made up this great video.
The rest of this post are some brief bits and bobs about the history of the building.