Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena

Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...

 in Greeley, Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

The City of Greeley is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Weld County, Colorado, United States. Greeley is located in the region known as Northern Colorado. Greeley is situated north-northeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. According to the...

, USA. It was built in 1974 and is home to the University of Northern Colorado

University of Northern Colorado

-Organization:The University of Northern Colorado offers 100 undergraduate programs and more than 100 graduate programs. The university has a satellite campus in Denver, Colorado...

 Bears men's and women's basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 teams, as well as the Bears volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, and indoor track and field

Track and field

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 programs.

Located on Northern Colorado's west campus, Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion serves as "The Home of the Bears." Named for longtime UNC coaches Pete Butler and John W. Hancock

John W. Hancock

John W. Hancock was a Hall of Fame wrestling coach at the University of Northern Colorado. He was also an All-American football player for the University of Iowa from 1922-1924 and a college football coach at Mississippi State University.-Playing career:John Hancock played football at the...

, Butler-Hancock Hall opened its doors Feb. 4, 1975. The venue was renamed the Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion during the 2004-05 season. It hosted the finals of the 2011 Big Sky Conference

Big Sky Conference

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men's basketball tournament.

The venue is undergoing renovations including a new seating structure involving chairback, permanent seating along the sides of the court as well as added seating behind each basket. There will be permanent chairback seating behind the east end basket and portable bleacher seating behind the west end goal.

Other enhancements include:

• New scoreboards
• New sound system
• Renovated restrooms
• Ticket center
• Hall of Athletics

Renovation Information

Top 10 Butler-Hancock crowds

• 4,674 vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee (3/18/89)
• 4,429 vs. Augustana (2/23/89)
• 4,013 vs. Alaska-Farbanks (3/17/89)
• 3,875 vs. South Dakota State (2/7/89)
• 3,586 vs. Air Force (2/4/75)
• 3,311 vs. Denver (2/7/05)
• 3,192 vs. Colorado State (12/23/09)
• 3,104 vs. South Dakota (1/19/89)
• 3,013 vs. Denver (12/28/09)
• 2,932 vs. Metro State (12/5/86)

UNC men's basketball year-by-year at Butler-Hancock

Year Record Pct.

• 1974-75 4-1 .800
• 1975-76 8-3 .727
• 1976-77 6-3 .667
• 1977-78 9-5 .643
• 1978-79 5-6 .455
• 1979-80 6-5 .545
• 1980-81 4-7 .364
• 1981-82 9-2 .818
• 1982-83 7-5 .583
• 1983-84 3-8 .273
• 1984-85 13-1 .929
• 1985-86 9-5 .643
• 1986-87 10-2 .833
• 1987-88 10-3 .769
• 1988-89 15-2 # .882
• 1989-90 7-6 .538
• 1990-91 2-10 .167
• 1991-92 12-4 .750
• 1992-93 8-5 .615
• 1993-94 6-7 .462
• 1994-95 7-6 .538
• 1995-96 5-7 .417
• 1996-97 5-8 .385
• 1997-98 10-3 .769
• 1998-99 6-6 .500
• 1999-00 5-7 .417
• 2000-01 7-5 .583
• 2001-02 9-3 .750
• 2002-03 5-6 .455
• 2003-04 4-5 .444
• 2004-05 7-4 .636
• 2005-06 5-9 .357
• 2006-07 3-9 .250
• 2007-08 9-4 .692
• 2008-09 9-4 .692

Total 249-171 .592

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