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All across Big Ten country, there’s a bit of a mystique that surrounds the aura of basketball facilities in Indiana.
Much like SEC-land for football, those in the Hoosier State say basketball just means more and a trio of college hoops cathedrals — from Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse to Indiana’s Assembly Hall to Purdue’s Mackey Arena — are just further evidence for that claim.
Not that Tre Donaldson is paying any mind to that.
Michigan basketball’s point guard is one several Wolverines who will be playing at Mackey in West Lafayette — perhaps the toughest of the bunch — for the first time on Friday as U-M visits the Boilermakers (8 p.m., Fox).
Michigan Wolverines guard Tre Donaldson (3) works around Minnesota Golden Gophers guard Femi Odukale (11) during the second half at Williams Arena in Minneapolis on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.
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“Coming up north, everybody talks about Mackey, down south we don’t talk about arenas how everybody does up here,” Donaldson told media Thursday morning. “I guess it’s like a big deal? I haven’t really looked into it like that, not trying to be disrespectful or anything. I haven’t like, I don’t even know.
“We played at UCLA, at the Pavilion, I know a little bit about that. But not much about Mackey.”
A Tallahassee, Florida, native who played at Auburn the past two seasons, the former SEC guard was immediately asked about the toughest environments he had seen, with Kentucky’s Rupp Arena cited as a potential example.
“Rupp was crazy. That’s more my speed, being from down south,” he said. “That’s how Mackey is? They shoot fireworks at Mackey? In Rupp, they shoot fireworks for starters, indoors, like that blow up and cover everything.”
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2025-01-24 11:06:00
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