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University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Athletics

OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF UW-STEVENS POINT

Bennett Court at Quandt Fieldhouse

2050 Fourth Ave., Stevens Point, WI 54481

9206



Opened in 1971, Bennett Court at Quandt Fieldhouse serves as the exclusive home to for the Pointer men's basketball team and owns one of the largest seating capacities of any facility in Central Wisconsin with 2,787 seats. The site of the annual Sentry Classic holiday basketball tournament, Quandt Fieldhouse has hosted NCAA Division III men's basketball sectional tournaments in 2005, 2007 and 2010 and women's basketball sectional tournaments in 1987 and 2004. Quandt fieldhouse was also the site of the 2014 NCAA Division III women's final four.

The facility also hosted the NCAA Division III wrestling championships in 1994. It is the site of numerous concerts and community events, and formerly the university's graduation ceremony. The fieldhouse is named for Hale Quandt, who coached football, men's basketball and baseball from 1947-62.

On February 7, 2009 the court at Quandt Fieldhouse was named after former Pointer coaches Dick and Jack Bennett. Included in the naming was a complete resurface of the court and a renovation of the front lobby.

Dick Bennett started his college coaching career at UW-Stevens Point in 1976 and spent nine seasons at the helm of the Pointer men's basketball team, compiling 173 wins. In his final three seasons (1982-85), he guided the team to a 79-13 record. He was named NAIA Coach of the Year after the 1983-84 season, leading the team to a 22-3 mark and a national runner-up finish. Dick went on to take UW-Green Bay to two NCAA Division I tournament appearances and led UW-Madison to an NCAA Final Four appearance in 2000.

Jack Bennett's coaching career spanned 34 years throughout Wisconsin high school and collegiate basketball. Bennett coached seven years at Rhinelander High School prior to replacing Bob Parker at UW-Stevens Point in 1996-97. In nine seasons at UW-Stevens Point, he led the Pointers to five Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles, five NCAA tournament appearances and two national championships en route to becoming, at the time of his retirement, the school's all-time winningest coach with a 200-56 record.

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Since 1997, Quandt Fieldhouse has proven to be a real home court advantage. The Pointers have posted an astonishing 233-33 record through the 2014-15 season.

Pointers in
Quandt Fieldhouse
1998-9913-3
1999-0014-2
2000-0112-3
2001-0210-4
2002-0314-2
2003-0416-2
2004-0518-0
2005-069-2
2006-0711-1
2007-0813-1
2008-0912-2
2009-1016-1
2010-1113-0
2011-1211-2
2012-1312-2
2013-1416-1
2014-1514-2
Total233-33

NCAA III Men's Basketball All-time Attendance Champions
1977Scranton
1978Calvin
1979Savannah State
1980Savannah State
1981Potsdam State
1982UW-Stevens Point
1983Augustana (IL)
1984Hope
1985UW-Stevens Point;
1986Calvin
1987Concordia-Moorhead
1988Calvin
1989Calvin
1990Calvin
1991Hope
1992Calvin
1993Calvin
1994Calvin
1995Calvin
1996Hope
1997Calvin
1998Illinois Wesleyan
1999Hope
2000Calvin
2001Calvin
2002Calvin
2003Hope
2004Hope
2005Hope
2006Hope
2007Hope
2008Hope
2009Hope
2010Hope
2011Hope
2012Hope
2013Hope
2014Hope
2015Hope