College basketball goes in Midwest despite deep freeze

The polar vortex couldn't stop college basketball in the Midwest.

Despite the deep freeze, a dozen men's games and four women's games in major conferences were scheduled to be played Wednesday night as temperatures approached or broke records.

In Indianapolis, school was canceled at Butler and other nearby schools — but the game between the Bulldogs and No. 10 Marquette wasn't.

Athletic department officials put heaters near the metal detectors at each gate, an attempt to keep security guards and fans warm as the temperature hovered near 3 degrees with a wind chill of minus-17 when the gates opened 90 minutes before tip-off. They also asked security guards to expedite the screening process to get fans safely into Hinkle Fieldhouse.