HOOP HISTORIANS NEWS Committed to promoting goodwill through basketball Volume # 107 – May, 2017 ALLSTATE ARENA FAREWELL NCAA ANNOUNCES FUTURE HOOP HISTORIANS CHAMPIONSHIP SITES PHOTO GALLERY DePaul University has played their Send your pictures to: home games at the Allstate Arena The NCAA announced host sites for
[email protected] for the past 36 years and a couple its mens’ basketball tournament of Hoop Historians have been there through 2022. for the duration. In the 515 games From the annual played there, Kevin McCann and First Four games in Ted Reineking have missed only Dayton, to the Final Four, 55 15 games collectively as members different cities will host games of the scorer’s table. That’s an during March Madness over the incredible 98.5% attendance rate! next five years. A complete listing Kevin worked all but four games of those locations can be found at: and Ted missed eleven games. www.hoophistorians.com/futuresites.htm DePaul played its final home game at the Allstate Arena in March as the Blue Demons will move to the WHAT HAPPENS HERE ALL IN THE FAMILY: Hoop Historians new Wintrust Arena in November. STAYS HERE Dennis Mishko, Jr. and Dennis Mishko, Sr. get ready to referee a game at Marywood Hoop Historian University in Scantron, Pennsylvania Tom Tallarito has continued an annual tradition. COMMITTEE MEMBERS WANTED Tom has gone to Las Vegas for 27 straight years to watch the first The Hoop Historians are looking for weekend of the NCAA basketball members to be on the following tournament. standing committees: Compliance, Membership, Public Affairs and Social Entertainment.