With a capacity of 4,000, the venue served as the site of indoor athletic contests including men's basketball from its opening until January 1993 when it was replaced by the more modern and much larger Mullins Center.
It was the site of the 1992 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball tournament championship game, when UMass defeated West Virginia, 97-91.
UMass had never beaten Temple in 21 attempts, but the rivalry had intensified greatly in recent contests.
[2] The building is still very much in use today, containing a pool, an indoor track, offices, and the occasional symphony performance.
The building's name is memorialized by Curry Hicks Sage, a popular twitter account devoted to chronicling UMass Minutemen basketball.