History
The first basketball game was played on December 9, 1938 when Iba's Oklahoma A&M Aggies beat Phog Allen's Kansas Jayhawks, 21-15, in a battle between two of the nation's early basketball powers. In its original configuration, seating was limited to 6,381. The original maple floor, still in use today, was the most expensive of its kind in America when it was installed in 1938.
Former wrestling coach Myron Roderick claimed that during the 1978 Big 8 Conference Finals, over 9,000 fans packed the old barn and saw unranked Daryl Monasmith beat the defending national champion from Iowa State, Frank Santana. According to Roderick, "It got so loud, a lot of the lights busted in Gallagher. And that ís the loudest I've ever heard it. It was unbelievable."
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