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Game Information For CIT Quarterfinals At Blackham when the men's basketball team takes on Evansville at 7:30 p.m.

Mar. 24, 2015 

LAFAYETTE, La. – As the excitement continues to build for Thursday's return to Blackham Coliseum. The Cajuns began playing in the Cajundome in 1985 and Cajun fans have always missed the intimacy and loudness of Blackham. Alot of Cajun basketball tradition was at Blackham Coliseum.

We saw alot of great players play at Blackham: Dwght "Bo" Lamar, Karl "The Mailman" Malone, Andrew Toney (76ers), Joe Dumars (Pistons), Andrew Moten, Vernon Maxwell, and so many more. I would sit Right under the goal and when you would see Karl Malone running down the court right at you and then SLAM IT, my whole body would shake. I learned why they called him The Mailman.

the Marquette game was loud, the team and the fans made quite an impression on Marquette, whose beat writer wrote words about the atmosphere at Blackham and Ric Majerus later ranked it among the top 10 toughest places to play in the country.

Additionally, the Ragin' Cajuns will delve back into the rich history of Blackham Coliseum by bringing back the Red Dot student section. The first 1,000 students will receive free t-shirts as a nod to the student section that began in 1982. That season a group of students donned white t-shirts with a single red dot on the front for a game at UNO in which Alonza Allen hit a game-winner for a 70-68 Cajun victory. The group continued to wear the shirts at home games and the Cajuns won all eight of their final games at Blackham that season, going 16-1 at home on their way to a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Article by Kevin Foote: My 5 favorite Blackham Coliseum experiences

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