Arena #94: Savage Arena - Toledo vs. Texas Southern

From Madison to Muncie to concluding the day in Toledo for a second game of the day, this time between Toledo and the SWAC favorite, Texas Southern.  Still find it interesting that former Indiana coach, Mike Davis, is the head man at Texas Southern and expected this to be a competitive game as a result.  Turned out to be an accurate prediction as the game came down to the final possession after Texas Southern blew a 15+ point first half lead in losing to the Rockets from overly empty Savage Arena.  Definitely expected a few more people to be there...

The "crowd" a few minutes before opening tip...

Texas Southern pulling up for 3

T-O-L-E-D-O

Arena #93: Worthen Arena - Ball St. vs. IUPUI

A warm early December weekend meant a perfect chance to get another couple driving venues checked off the list with the first stop being in Muncie, IN for Ball St. vs. IUPUI.  Unsurprisingly, the crowd was quite sparse, but Ball St. was definitely the better team and was cool seeing them the week before they ended up taking down a top 10 Notre Dame team in South Bend!

Worthen Arena was a pretty unique venue with the roof seeming to be stories above the last rows of seats, which made for an interesting perspective inside the stadium.

Opening tip of the matchup

IUPUI operating in the paint

Cheer team getting the crowd hyped up