INDIANAPOLIS — Butler basketball and Hinkle Fieldhouse have become a home-away-from-home for senior forward Pierre Brooks II. Leaving the state of Michigan was not in Brooks' original career plan.

Xavier's final true road game is Wednesday at Hinkle Fieldhouse While the buildup surrounding the Creighton matchup was intense, Xavier has to turn the page quickly heading into a new week.

They didn’t like his style, and so much of that rings true ... UConn’s teams make annual trips to play Butler at Hinkle Fieldhouse, were Hoosier’s climactic scenes were filmed.

Plump said he met Hackman on the movie set at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis as Chitwood’s final shot in the state championship game — the one Plump made in real life — was being filmed.

FILE - Actor Gene Hackman gives fictional Hickory High basketball players instructions during filming of the final game of the movie "Hoosiers" at Hinkle Fieldhouse on the Butler University campus ...