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Vanderbilt was the first official team that Tennessee Tech played in the Hooper Eblen Center, but the Harlem Globetrotters were technically the first basketball game played in The Hoop.

University Programming Committee Cabaret Flier, 1977.

Other activities on campus

Tennessee Tech University had its share of big-name entertainment, but it also had other big name events, too. The Harlem Globetrotters frequently performed on campus.  The Globetrotters were technically the first basketball game in the Hooper Eblen Center. Tennessee Tech also hosted the Henneford Circus (1972) and a few plays, including the 1960 musical The Fantasticks (1967) and the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar (1971).

Jesus Christ Superstar, 1971

Henneford Circus Pictures, 1972