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The Noblesville Boom are an American professional basketball team based in Noblesville, Indiana that competes in the NBA G League. The Boom are the affiliate team of the NBA's Indiana Pacers and, since 2025, they have played their home games at The Arena at Innovation Mile. In September 2015, Pacers Sports & Entertainment (PS&E), parent company of the Indiana Pacers, purchased the franchise. From 2007 to 2023, the team played in Fort Wayne at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum and was known as the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. From 2023 to 2025, the team played in Indianapolis at Gainbridge Fieldhouse and was known as the Indiana Mad Ants. Beginning in 2025, the team currently plays in Noblesville at The Arena at Innovation Mile and are known as the Noblesville Boom. Since the team's inception, the franchise has accumulated one finals championship (2014), two conference titles (2014, 2015), two division titles (2014, 2018), a finals loss in the Showcase Cup (2023), and has retired two jersey numbers (17, 19). During the 2013–14 season, the franchise won their first and only championship after obtaining the 1st seed in the playoffs with a league-best 34–16 record. The Mad Ants swept the Santa Cruz Warriors in the franchise's first finals appearance, becoming the third team to ever go undefeated in the playoffs. During the 2014–15 season, the franchise returned to the finals in a rematch the year prior; however, the Mad Ants were swept by the Santa Cruz Warriors. In the 2023–24 season, the Mad Ants earned a 15–2 record, and the 1st seed in the 2023 Showcase Cup, before losing in the finals to the Westchester Knicks 107–99. Notable Mad Ants alumni include Ron Howard, Walker Russell Jr., Tony Mitchell, Dahntay Jones, Khris Middleton, Miles Plumlee, Tyler Hansbrough, Georges Niang, Stephan Hicks, David Stockton, Elfrid Payton, Oscar Tshiebwe and Jahlil Okafor.