Английская Википедия:Indiana Mad Ants

The Indiana Mad Ants are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League based in Indianapolis, and are affiliated with the Indiana Pacers. The team plays their home games at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The franchise won their first and only championship in 2014, 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.^[1] From 2007–2023, the team was based in Fort Wayne's Allen County War Memorial Coliseum and was known as the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.

Team history

2007–2012: early years

In April 2007, the NBA Development League (D-League) announced it was expanding to Fort Wayne for the 2007–08 season, with former AT&T President John Zeglis as the team's president and part owner.^[2] The team was poised to be the first minor league basketball franchise to play in Fort Wayne since the Fort Wayne Fury were disbanded after the folding of the Continental Basketball Association in 2001. The franchise held a team-naming contest on their website where fans could vote on one of the four finalists: Lightning, Fire, Coyotes, and Mad Ants, the latter name being a tribute to the city's namesake "Mad" Anthony Wayne.^[3]

At the team's inception, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants were affiliated with the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers. They finished the 2007–08 season, their first in the D-League, with a 17–33 record that put them in last place in the Central Division. Their inaugural season included players Ron Howard, Dahntay Jones, Jeremy Richardson, Sammy Mejía, Earl Calloway, and Walker Russell.

The Mad Ants added the Milwaukee Bucks as their third affiliate for the 2008–09 season. They ended that season with a 19–31 record and posted three more under-.500 records in the next three years, failing to make the playoffs in their first five years of competition. Across these seasons, the franchise featured players Chris Hunter, Alex Acker, Rob Kurz, Oliver Lafayette, Joe Alexander, Darnell Lazare, Larry Sanders, Chris Kramer, Marvin Phillips, Corey Allmond, Vernon Macklin, Stephen Graham, and Travis Walton.

2012–2015: playoff success

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The Fort Wayne Mad Ants logo used from 2007 to 2017.

The Mad Ants added the Charlotte Bobcats, now the Hornets, as their fourth NBA affiliate before in the 2012–13 season. This season saw assignments from NBA players Khris Middleton, Miles Plumlee, and Orlando Johnson. This season also featured Tony Mitchell, Luke Harangody, Kim English, and JaJuan Johnson. They made the D-League playoffs for the first time in 2013, losing to the Santa Cruz Warriors in the first round after going 27–23 in the regular season.

The next year, in the 2013–14 season, the Mad Ants won their division with a 34–16 record and made it to the D-League Finals for the first time after beating the Sioux Falls Skyforce in the semifinals and the Reno Bighorns in the quarterfinals.^[4] The Mad Ants defeated the Santa Cruz Warriors 2–0 in the Finals to claim their first D-League title.^[5]

In 2014, as most NBA teams began exclusively partnering with or acquiring their own D-League teams, the Mad Ants made affiliate partnerships with the rest of the teams that did not have exclusive affiliates: the Atlanta Hawks, the Chicago Bulls, the Brooklyn Nets, the Denver Nuggets, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Minnesota Timberwolves, the New Orleans Pelicans, the Portland Trail Blazers, the Toronto Raptors, and the Washington Wizards. This put the Mad Ants' total number of NBA affiliates at 14 for the 2014–15 season. The Mad Ants made it to the D-League Finals again in 2015, but lost the championship series to the Santa Cruz Warriors in two games. By 2015, the Mad Ants were the only remaining independently owned team in the D-League, as the rest were owned and operated by an NBA team or a common parent organization.^[6]

2015–2024: Pacers ownership & rebranding

In September 2015, Pacers Sports & Entertainment (PS&E) purchased the Mad Ants from owner and president John Zeglis and made the team the Indiana Pacers' one-to-one D-League affiliate, dropping the rest of the Mad Ants' partnerships. Brian Levy was named general manager by PS&E.^[7]

In 2017, the Mad Ants rebranded and changed their colors to the same colors as the Pacers: navy blue, gold, cool gray and white. This was the same year that the NBA Development League was rebranded as the NBA G League following a sponsorship deal with Gatorade and the NBA.

After spending the 2020–21 season at the NBA G League single site in Orlando, Florida during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mad Ants returned to their home court at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum on November 6, 2021, playing their first home game in the venue in 608 days against the Windy City Bulls. This game also marked the start of the Mad Ants' 15th Anniversary season.

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The Indiana Mad Ants logo used from 2023 to 2025.

On May 8, 2023, the Indiana Pacers announced that they were moving the Mad Ants to Indianapolis for the 2023–24 season in preparation for construction of Noblesville Event Center, a new 3,400–seat venue, in Noblesville, Indiana.^[8] Upon their move to Indianapolis, the Mad Ants rebranded as the Indiana Mad Ants. The name is meant to last until their move to Noblesville, which will be accompanied by a new name, color scheme, and mascot.^[9]

Season-by-season results

Franchise Season Overviews
Season	Division	Regular season				Postseason results
Season	Division	Finish	Wins	Losses	Pct.	Postseason results
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2007–08	Central	4th	17	33	.340
2008–09	Central	5th	19	31	.380
2009–10	Eastern	5th	22	28	.440
2010–11	Eastern	3rd	24	26	.480
2011–12	Eastern	8th	14	36	.280
2012–13	Eastern	2nd	27	23	.540	Lost Quarterfinal (Santa Cruz) 0–2
2013–14	Eastern	1st	34	16	.680	Won Quarterfinal (Reno) 2–0 Won Semifinals (Sioux Falls) 2–0 Won Championship (Santa Cruz) 2–0
2014–15	Central	2nd	28	22	.560	Won Quarterfinal (Maine) 2–0 Won Semifinals (Canton) 2–0 Lost Championship (Santa Cruz) 0–2
2015–16	Central	5th	20	30	.400
2016–17	Central	2nd	30	20	.600	Lost Semifinal (Maine) 1–2
colspan=10 style="Шаблон:Basketball color cell;"\|Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2017–18	Central	1st	29	21	Шаблон:Winpct	Lost Semifinal (Erie) 116–119
2018–19	Central	3rd	23	27	Шаблон:Winpct
2019–20	Central	4th	21	22	Шаблон:Winpct	Season cancelled by COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21		13th	6	9	Шаблон:Winpct
2021–22	Eastern	9th	17	17	Шаблон:Winpct
2022–23	Eastern	6th	18	14	Шаблон:Winpct	Lost Quarterfinal (Capital City) 87–101
colspan=10 style="Шаблон:NBA color cell;"\|Indiana Mad Ants
2023–24	Eastern	-	-	-	-
Regular season record			349	375	Шаблон:Winning percentage	2007–present
Playoff record			11	8	Шаблон:Winning percentage	2007–present

Players

Current roster

Шаблон:Indiana Mad Ants roster

Retired numbers

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Ron Howard's No. 19 jersey hanging in the rafters at Fort Wayne's Memorial Coliseum.

colspan="5" style="Шаблон:NBA color cell;"\|Fort Wayne Mad Ants retired numbers
style="Шаблон:NBA color cell2;"\|No.	style="Шаблон:NBA color cell2;"\|Player	style="Шаблон:NBA color cell2;"\|Position	style="Шаблон:NBA color cell2;"\|Tenure	style="Шаблон:NBA color cell2;"\|Date
19	Ron Howard "Mr. Mad Ant"	G/F	2007–2014	March 3, 2017

Head coaches

Overview of Indiana Mad Ants coaches
Head coach	Term	Regular season				Playoffs				Achievements
Head coach	Term	G	W	L	Win%	G	W	L	Win%	Achievements
Шаблон:Sortname	2007–2008	49	17	32	Шаблон:Winpct	—	—	—	—
Шаблон:Sortname	2008–2009	50	19	31	Шаблон:Winpct	—	—	—	—
Шаблон:Sortname	2009–2012	115	51	64	Шаблон:Winpct	—	—	—	—
Шаблон:Sortname	2012 (interim)	35	9	26	Шаблон:Winpct	—	—	—	—
Шаблон:Sortname	2012–2013	50	27	23	Шаблон:Winpct	2	0	2	Шаблон:Winpct	Lost Quarterfinal (2012–13)
Шаблон:Sortname	2013–2015	100	62	38	Шаблон:Winpct	12	10	2	Шаблон:Winpct	Won Championship (2013–14) Coach of the Year (2013–14) Lost Championship (2014–15)
Шаблон:Sortname	Шаблон:Nowrap	243	123	120	Шаблон:Winpct	4	1	3	Шаблон:Winpct	Lost Semifinal (2016–17) Lost Semifinal (2017–18)
Шаблон:Sortname	2020–present	66	35	31	Шаблон:Winpct	1	0	1	Шаблон:Winpct	Lost Quarterfinal (2022–23)

NBA affiliates

Current

Indiana Pacers (2007–present)

Former

Detroit Pistons (2007–2015)
Milwaukee Bucks (2008–2015)
Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets (2012–2015)
Atlanta Hawks (2014–2015)
Brooklyn Nets (2014–2015)
Chicago Bulls (2014–2015)
Denver Nuggets (2014–2015)
Los Angeles Clippers (2014–2015)
Minnesota Timberwolves (2014–2015)
New Orleans Pelicans (2014–2015)
Portland Trail Blazers (2014–2015)
Toronto Raptors (2014–2015)
Washington Wizards (2014–2015)

Individual awards

Шаблон:Columns-start

NBA G League Most Valuable Player Award

Ron Howard – 2014

NBA G League Coach of the Year Award

Conner Henry – 2014

NBA G League Rookie of the Year Award

Tony Mitchell – 2013

NBA G League Most Improved Player Award

DeQuan Jones – 2018

NBA G League Team Executive of the Year Award

Jeff Potter – 2014

All-NBA G League First Team

Justin Anderson – 2022
Ron Howard – 2014
Tony Mitchell – 2013

All-NBA G League Second Team

Oshae Brissett – 2021
Alex Poythress – 2017
Rob Kurz – 2010
Chris Hunter – 2009

All-NBA G League Third Team

Justin Anderson – 2023
Walter Lemon Jr. – 2018
Tony Mitchell – 2014

Jason Collier Sportsmanship Award

Ron Howard – 2013, 2014

NBA D League All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award

Andre Emmett – 2015
Jeremy Richardson – 2008

Шаблон:Column

NBA G League All-Star & Next Up Game

Oscar Tshiebwe – 2024
Isaiah Wong – 2024
Kyle Mangas – 2024
Trevelin Queen – 2023
Gabe York – 2023
Edmond Sumner – 2019
Walter Lemon Jr. – 2018
Alex Poythress – 2017
Rakeem Christmas – 2016
Andre Emmett – 2015
Ron Howard – 2010, 2013, 2014
Tony Mitchell – 2013
Darnell Lazare – 2012
Walker Russell – 2009, 2011, 2012
Rob Kurz – 2010
Chris Hunter – 2009
Jeremy Richardson – 2008

NBA G League All-Star & Next Up Game Head Coach

Tom Hankins – 2024
Bryce Taylor – 2024
Justin Wetzel – 2024
Rob Dosier – 2024

NBA D League Slam Dunk Contest

DeQuan Jones – 2018
Tony Mitchell – 2013, 2014

NBA D League Shooting Stars Competition

Cameron Jones – 2012

Шаблон:Columns-end

In popular culture

In the television series One Tree Hill, James Lafferty's character Nathan receives an offer to coach the Mad Ants in the episode "You've Dug Your Own Grave, Now Lie In It". The episode originally aired September 29, 2008 on The CW Network.^[10]
The Mad Ants were featured in the 'MyCareer' mode in NBA 2K19, a basketball game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports.

References

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External links

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19	Ron Howard "Mr. Mad Ant"	G/F	2007–2014	March 3, 2017

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