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August 30, 2018 – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced today the team will play one regular season home game at the MTI Center, home of the Trine University men’s and women’s basketball programs, during the 2018-19 season. Fort Wayne will […]

August 20, 2018 – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced today the team will host open tryouts on Saturday, September 29 at the Plassman Athletic Center at Turnstone in Fort Wayne. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. and tryouts will begin […]

Name: Bill & Melisa Hartman How long have you been a season ticket member? 2018-19 will be our third season. Who is your all-time favorite Mad Ants player? Why? Nick Zeisloft, because he is a down-to-earth guy. He took time for the fans. We could also throw Jarrod Uthoff in there as well. What’s your favorite […]

July 6, 2018 – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced today Head Coach Steve Gansey has agreed to a new contract ahead of the 2018-19 season. “I can’t thank Kevin Pritchard, Chad Buchanan, Peter Dinwiddie and Brian Levy enough for allowing […]

Name: Alan Scherer How long have you been a season ticket member? 2018-19 will be my third season. Who is your all-time favorite Mad Ants player? Why? Alex Poythress is simply a great dude. He was always great about interacting with my nieces. What’s your favorite giveaway or promotion? The Mad Ants do a lot, making it […]

Name: Greg Cain How long have you been a season ticket member? 11 years going on 12 Who is your all-time favorite Mad Ants player? Why? This is a tough one, but I’m going to say Sadiel Rojas. We ran into him outside of the Coliseum a few times and he was a great guy […]

Name: Tom Buckmaster How long have you been a season ticket member? 11 years going on 12 Who is your all-time favorite Mad Ants player? Why? Ron Howard and Sadiel Rojas. Rojas has beautiful eyes. We enjoyed watching them play and because they were a spark to the team. What’s your favorite giveaway or promotion? […]

June 14, 2018 – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced today Head Coach Steve Gansey will serve as head coach for the Indiana Pacers summer league team. All 30 teams will compete in MGM Resorts NBA Summer League 2018 – the […]

June 11, 2018 – USA Basketball announced today the roster, including Fort Wayne Mad Ants guard, Trey McKinney Jones, for the USA World Cup Qualifying Team training camp that will get underway on June 20 in Houston. The training will be used to select the 12-man team for the USA’s third window of FIBA World […]

May 30, 2018 – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced today the first set of priority home games for the 2018-19 regular season. The 12th season of Fort Wayne Mad Ants basketball will feature home games with scheduled promotions on the […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The NBA G League announced today Fort Wayne Mad Ants forward DeQuan Jones has been named the 2017-18 NBA G League Most Improved Player. Voted on by the league’s 26 head coaches and general managers, the award honors the player who demonstrated the most significant improvement during the 2017-18 season. Jones […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The NBA G League announced today Mad Ants General Manager Brian Levy received the second most votes for 2017-18 NBA G League Basketball Executive of the Year, as selected by NBA G League basketball executives. Only Erie BayHawks General Manager, Malik Rose, received more votes. “We are very proud of the […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The NBA G League announced today the schedule for the 2018 NBA G League Playoff Semifinals, featuring the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network. Fort Wayne will host the winner of the No. 3 seed, Erie BayHawks, and the No. 6 seed, Lakeland Magic, matchup on Tuesday, April […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Indiana Pacers announced today they have assigned center Ike Anigbogu to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network. Anigbogu has appeared in 10 games this season for the playoff-bound Pacers. The Mad Ants will host the winner of the first-round matchup between the Lakeland Magic and Erie […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, announced today the return of guard Walt Lemon Jr. Lemon Jr. signed two separate 10-day contracts with the New Orleans Pelicans. He averaged 3.4 points and 1.0 assist per contest in five games with the Pelicans. The 6-foot-3 guard won NBA […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Indiana Pacers announced today they have recalled forward Alex Poythress from the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network. Poythress scored 20 points to go along with eight rebounds and three assists in Tuesday’s 116-112 overtime loss at Grand Rapids. The Mad Ants take on Canton on Friday […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Indiana Pacers announced today they have assigned forward Alex Poythress to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network. Center Ike Anigbogu was recalled by Indiana following last night’s, 113-110, win against Delaware. In six games this season with the Mad Ants, Poythress is averaging 20.0 points, 9.0 […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, announced today guard DeQuan Jones was named NBA G League Player of the Month for February. Jones averaged 26.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and shot 59.7 percent in 34.5 minutes per contest through eight games in February. The University of Miami alumnus […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Indiana Pacers announced today they have assigned center Ike Anigbogu to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network. In 10 games with the Pacers this season, Anigbogu is averaging 1.3 points and 0.9 rebounds in his rookie campaign. In 14 games with the Mad Ants this year, […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced today they have acquired guard Michael Orris, via the available player pool. Orris will wear No. 3 and be in uniform for Sunday’s game against Iowa at 5 p.m. Sunday’s game […]