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24-747: The Louisville Shooters played their home games in the Louisville Gardens and their team colors were red and gold . The Shooters played through the GBA's first season and ended with a record of 35-29 (.547) which put them in second place in the Western Division, 7 games behind the Mid-Michigan Great Lakers . The Shooters advanced to the playoffs but forfeited to the Mid-Michigan Great Lakers in

48-405: A 64-minute delay to finish their game, but the last quarterfinal game of the day, between Georgia and Kentucky, was postponed until the next day, and the remaining four games of the tournament were moved to Alexander Memorial Coliseum at Georgia Tech . Only credentialed individuals were allowed to attend, including players' families, bands, cheerleaders, and media. No other spectators were allowed in

72-412: A capacity crowd on November 25, 1956. In addition, the pop sensation band Jackson 5 —known as "The Jacksons" during this era—performed on October 7, 1979, as part of the band's 4th leg from their Destiny World Tour . More recently, WWE used the 3,000-person capacity arena as a training ground for future stars in a minor-league promotion known as Ohio Valley Wrestling , until the organization moved to

96-671: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a basketball team in Kentucky is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Louisville Gardens Louisville Gardens is a multi-purpose, 6,000-seat arena , in Louisville, Kentucky , that opened in 1905, as the Jefferson County Armory . It celebrated its 100th anniversary as former city mayor Jerry Abramson 's official "Family-Friendly New Years Eve" celebration location. It

120-511: Is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament ; however, the official conference championship is awarded to the team or teams with the best regular season record. With the abandonment of divisions in SEC men's basketball starting in 2011–12, the top four teams in the conference standings received first-round byes. Bracketing

144-527: The Davis Arena . WWE also staged two pay-per-view events while the venue was known as Louisville Gardens : ( In Your House 6 and In Your House 17: Ground Zero ). TNA Wrestling held an event at the venue in 2007. Freedom Hall replaced the small, aging facility in 1956, as a more popular venue for city events. Martin Luther King Jr. (Tuesday, August 23, 1960) and Harry Truman both spoke at

168-589: The Georgia Dome , Mercedes-Benz Superdome , Bridgestone Arena , the BJCC Coliseum , the Pyramid , Rupp Arena , Louisville Gardens , and (in a 2008 emergency relocation ) Alexander Memorial Coliseum at Georgia Tech . From 1933 to 1950, the official SEC Champion was determined by a tournament, except for 1935. Beginning in 1951, a round-robin schedule was introduced and the SEC title was awarded to

192-641: The Commonwealth Convention Center (now called Kentucky International Convention Center ) was being built. In 2007, the Cordish Company , manager of the nearby Fourth Street Live! entertainment complex, agreed to take over operation of "The Gardens" from the Metro Louisville Government as part of a $ 250 million development in downtown Louisville . In 2012, Cordish was released from its obligations to

216-570: The Gardens. In 2022, plans have been announced for the venue to be turned into a soundstage. [REDACTED] Media related to Louisville Gardens at Wikimedia Commons SEC men%27s basketball tournament The SEC men's basketball tournament is the conference tournament in basketball for the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It is a single-elimination tournament that involves all league schools (currently 16). Its seeding

240-705: The Louisville Gardens. The University of Louisville women's basketball team used the Gardens for six home games in the 1997–98 season. Ice hockey teams to use the Gardens as home ice include the Louisville Blades and the Louisville Shooting Stars . The building was also known as the Convention Center or Louisville Convention Center, mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. It was renamed Louisville Gardens in 1975 when

264-598: The NCAA Basketball Championships. Auburn achieved the feat a second time in 2019, defeating Missouri, South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee. The first seven games of the 2008 tournament were played at the Georgia Dome. During overtime of Game 7 between Mississippi State and Alabama, a tornado struck the downtown Atlanta area, damaging the Georgia Dome and several buildings surrounding it, including CNN Center . MSU and Alabama returned after

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288-416: The NCAA Basketball Championships. Auburn was the first SEC team to accomplish this feat in 1985 when they defeated Ole Miss, LSU, Florida, and Alabama to win their first SEC tournament. Since then, the feat has been accomplished three times, first in 2008 by Georgia. In 2009, Mississippi State repeated that feat, defeating Georgia, South Carolina, LSU, and Tennessee to receive the conference's automatic bid to

312-457: The arena. Primary home of Louisville Cardinals men's basketball starting in 1945 when Bernard "Peck" Hickman was head coach until 1956 when they moved to Freedom Hall. They played occasional games there each season until their last on November 30, 1972. The Louisville Cardinals were 153-23 all time at the armory. The Kentucky Wildcats when led by Adolph Rupp played 72 games at the armory going 61-11 there from 1937 to 1956. Included in that

336-515: The building. The 2020 tournament was canceled after the first round due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19 , after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Initially, a decision was made to play the remaining games without fans in attendance, but as the situation progressed the event was ultimately canceled outright. The conference's NCAA men's basketball tournament auto-bid

360-635: The first round due to financial problems. Louisville's Alfredrick Hughes made the All GBA team. Former Ole Miss and American Basketball Association star Johnny Neumann was the head coach. The Shooters began the 1992–1993 season with three straight losses before disbanding in midseason (the only GBA team to fold before the league itself folded in December 1992). They had previously signed Sean Woods . The Shooters never returned to league play. This article related to sports in Louisville, Kentucky

384-481: The game involving #3 from the other division, and #1 would play the winner of the game involving #4 from the other division. Barring an upset, the semifinals would pit #1 from one division against #2 from the other division, and the championship game would feature the regular season winners of the two divisions, although this rarely happened in practice. Throughout its history, the SEC tournament championship basketball game has been held at various storied sites, including

408-463: The re-expansion to 12 members, but continued to recognize the SEC Champion based on a winning percentage over the new 16-game conference schedule. Divisions would be eliminated starting with the 2011–2012 season. With the addition of Texas A&M and Missouri to the conference, the regular season expanded to an 18 conference game schedule starting with the 2012–13 season. In 1979, the tournament

432-449: The team with the highest regular season in-conference winning percentage. From 1951 to 1964, the round-robin consisted of 14 games. In 1965 and 1966, it was expanded to 16 games with the departure of Georgia Tech from the league. From 1967 to 1991, the round-robin schedule was 18 games due to Tulane's departure. Starting with the 1991–1992 season, the SEC split into an Eastern and Western Division and began awarding division championships with

456-564: The top four seeds receiving a "double-bye" into the quarterfinals. Before 2012, the top two teams in both the Eastern and Western Divisions received byes in the first round, while #3 in the East played #6 from the West, #4 played #5, etc. Each half of the bracket contained the odd-numbered seeds from one division and the even-numbered seeds from the other division, so that #2 would play the winner of

480-505: Was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The facility has served the city of Louisville and Jefferson County in a variety of ways during the past century, from utilization as an actual armory to American Basketball Association 's Kentucky Colonels basketball games, to various wrestling events, concerts, political rallies, and the staging of Hurricane Katrina flood relief. Elvis Presley performed before

504-727: Was games played in the SEC men's basketball tournament which was held at the armory from 1941 to 1952. Additionally, the Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was held there from 1949 to 1955 and again from 1964 to 1967. The Kentucky Colonels , of the American Basketball Association , played their home games at the facility, then known as the Louisville Convention Center , from 1967 through 1970. Louie Dampier

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528-436: Was identical to that of the SEC women's basketball tournament —note that SEC women's basketball has long been organized in a single league table without divisions. Since the SEC expanded to 14 schools with the arrival of Missouri and Texas A&M in 2012, the 2013 tournament was the first with a new format. Both men's and women's tournaments have the four bottom seeds (#11 throughout #14) playing opening-round games, with

552-561: Was renewed with the winner receiving the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, but the official league champion remained the team(s) with the best regular season record. In 2000, the Arkansas Razorbacks became the first team since the league expansion in 1992 to win the conference tournament by playing all four days, beating Georgia , Kentucky , LSU , and Auburn to receive the conference's automatic bid to

576-875: Was the team's best player in the era. On November 24, 1968, Penny Ann Early became the first female to appear in a men's professional league, playing briefly in a home game for the Colonels. The Louisville Catbirds , of the Continental Basketball Association (1983–1985), the Louisville Shooters , of the Global Basketball Association (1991–1992) and the Kentucky Colonels , of the ABA 2000 (2004–2006), all played their home basketball games at

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