BUIES CREEK, N.C. -- Campbell plays its final men’s basketball game at 55-year old Carter Gym on Monday (8:15 p.m.) against East Tennessee State. With the opening of the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center and Gilbert Craig Gore Arena scheduled for next fall, the Fighting Camels will end nearly a six-decade run in “cozy” Carter (capacity 947) on Monday.
Home to Campbell basketball games since 1953, Carter Gym has the second-smallest capacity (947) home court among NCAA Division I men’s basketball members, behind only the Charleston Southern Fieldhouse (790).
The brick and concrete structure is named for the family of textile executive Howard Carter and was dedicated on Feb. 20, 1953.
Some of the most famous names in basketball history, including John Wooden, Dean Smith, Bob Cousy, Pete and Press Maravich and Michael Jordan, have passed through the doors of Carter as instructors at the Campbell Basketball School. Founded in 1956 by former Campbell coach Fred McCall and former Wake Forest coach “Bones” McKinney, the Campbell Basketball School is the nation’s oldest summer basketball camp in continuous operation.
Campbell-ETSU Game Notes
