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Photo by: Bianca Garza, BGSU Marketing and Communications
Centennial Celebration
January 23, 2016 | Men's Basketball
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          1915-25  |  1925-35  |  1935-45  |  1945-55  |  1955-65
          1965-75  |  1975-85  |  1985-95  |  1995-2005  |  2005-15
Watch: BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame members for Men's Basketball (1916-1966)
Watch: BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame members for Men's Basketball (1967-2016)
Watch: BGSU Coaching Legend Harold Anderson
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Download: Centennial Game Falcon Fans Photo Poster
View: Photo Gallery of the Centennial Celebration (Bianca Garza)
View: Photo Gallery of the Centennial Game (Bianca Garza)
Read: Centennial Game Recap
Bowling Green, Ohio – As part of the BGSU men's basketball Centennial Season in 2015-16, in which the Falcons are celebrating 100 years of men's basketball in Bowling Green, BGSU held its Centennial Game on Saturday, Jan. 23 versus Kent State inside the Stroh Center.
Sponsoring a men's basketball team for the first time in 1915-16, Bowling Green State University played its first game on Jan. 8, 1916 versus what is now Eastern Michigan University. The Normals or Teachers, the Falcons' nickname until 1927, lost the game 33-15. However, BGSU, who was coached by F.G. Beyerman and led by team captain Charles Branigan, would go on to win its first home game five days later on Jan. 13 with a 26-10 win over Defiance.
To celebrate 100 years of BGSU men's basketball, the Falcons tipped off the celebration with a Falcon Men's Basketball Alumni Game on Saturday, Oct. 17, and culminated on Saturday, Jan. 23, with the Centennial Game.
BGSU recognized a number of alums that returned to BG for the Centennial Game at the halftime break and took a look back at the "Falcontastic" 100-year history of the men's basketball program throughout the game.Â
The event also included free Harold Anderson bobbleheads to 500 lucky fans in the stands at the game, free Centennial Game Falcon Fans Photo posters, and a meet and greet with all the Falcon men's basketball alums in attendance for the special event.
BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame members - Men's Basketball (1916-66)
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BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame members - Men's Basketball (1967-2016)
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BGSU Coaching Legend Harold Anderson
BGSU Men's Basketball MAC Championship Teams
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