BTN.com staff, February 18, 2014

Indiana's game against No. 15 Iowa was postponed Tuesday night after an 8-foot long, 50-pound piece of metal inside Assembly Hall fell from the ceiling into empty seats in the northwest corner of the arena.

No makeup date was announced and parts of the building's four corners were roped off as engineers inspected the metal plates around the rest of the building.

[ MORE: See video & photos of metal facing falling on seats ]

Three hours after announcing the postponement, athletic director Fred Glass said the teams could have played the game, but only if fans were kept out. The Hoosiers also briefly considered moving the game to Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis later this week.

Glass said he was told that the harsh winter was the culprit.

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