Fort Wayne

The Indiana Mad Ants are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League based in Noblesville, Indiana, and are affiliated with the Indiana Pacers. The team plays their home games at Noblesville Event Center. From 2007–2023, the team played in Fort Wayne's Allen County War Memorial Coliseum and was known as the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. From 2023–2024, the team played in Indianapolis' Gainbridge Fieldhouse and was known as the Indiana Mad Ants.

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.

USA basketballholdet "Fort Wayne" er et professionelt basketballhold med base i Fort Wayne, Indiana. Holdet er en del af NBA G League, udviklingsligaen til National Basketball Association (NBA). Holdet blev grundlagt i 2007 som Fort Wayne Mad Ants og skiftede navn til Fort Wayne i 2021.

Fort Wayne spiller sine hjemmekampe i Memorial Coliseum. Holdet ejes af Pacers Sports & Entertainment, som også ejer Indiana Pacers fra NBA. Fort Waynes hovedtræner er Nate Bjorkgren, og holdets general manager er Brian Levy.

Nogle af de mest bemærkelsesværdige spillere, der har spillet for Fort Wayne, omfatter Alex Poythress, Amida Brimah og Georges Niang. Holdet har aldrig vundet et G League-mesterskab, men var Eastern Conference-finalister i 2014.

Fort Wayne er kendt for sit hurtige tempo og høje scorende spil. Holdet har en dedikeret fanbase og er et populært rejsemål for basketballfans i Fort Wayne-området.