Indiana Mad Ants | |
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Conference | Eastern |
League | NBA G League |
Founded | 2007 |
History | Fort Wayne Mad Ants 2007–2023 Indiana Mad Ants 2023–2025 |
Arena | Gainbridge Fieldhouse |
Location | Indianapolis, Indiana |
Team colors | Navy blue, gold, cool gray[1][2][3] |
General manager | Chris Taylor[4] |
Head coach | Tom Hankins |
Ownership | Pacers Sports and Entertainment (PS&E) |
Affiliation(s) | Indiana Pacers |
Championships | 1 (2014) |
Conference titles | 2 (2014, 2015) |
Division titles | 2 (2014, 2018) |
Showcase Cup titles | 0 |
Retired numbers | 1 (19) |
Website | fortwayne |
The Indiana Mad Ants are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and are affiliated with the Indiana Pacers. The team plays their home games at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, which it shares with the Pacers.
From 2007 to 2023, the team played in Fort Wayne's Allen County War Memorial Coliseum and was known as the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Since 2023, the team has played in Indianapolis' Gainbridge Fieldhouse, and has been known as the Indiana Mad Ants. Following the 2024–25 season, the team will move to Noblesville and play their games at the Noblesville Event Center.
The franchise won their first and only championship in 2013–14, and lost in the 2014–15 finals, when the G League was known as the NBA D-League. In September 2015, Pacers Sports & Entertainment (PS&E), parent company of the Indiana Pacers, purchased the Mad Ants.[5]
The NBA G League underwent an overhaul in sponsorship and appearance prior to the 2017-18 season. With global partners such as Nike and Gatorade joining forces with the NBA, the Mad Ants received a new blue-and-gold look to correspond with its NBA affiliate, the Indiana Pacers.