 Prior to 2002, the Terps spent 47 seasons—from 1955 to 2002—at Cole Field House.When college basketball was achieving its most explosive growth – from the late 1950s to the late 1970s – there was one college gymnasium on the East Coast that seated as many as 12,000 fans.Cole Field House epitomized the new big-time, main event status of college hoops, the sport of network TV and emerging legends.