In January 1980 the State Fair Arena in Oklahoma suddenly began to spring a series of leaks. That was where Oklahoma City University played its home basketball games. A scheduled game against the University of Nevada at Las Vegas had to be postponed. That was probably college basketball’s only rained-out game.
From The Giant Book of More Strange But True Sports Stories by Howard Liss. Illustrations by Joe Mathieu.
So, I don’t know if that was the first instance of a college basketball game getting rained out, but I know it wasn’t the last:
https://ramblinwreck.com/whats-wrong-never-seen-a-basketball-game-rained-out-before/
I don’t remember those but I sure remember trying to watch this game and being pretty pissed…
basketball hardly ever gets shown here…but
hmmm..dont think ive ever seen a football game get rained out (talking about football here..not hand egg)
thunderstorms decide for them now an then tho
Makes you wonder about the whole point of a dome.