Indiana is making a key change to its game-day atmosphere. Here are three reasons moving the student section could pay off in a big way.

Indiana fan cheer a dunk during the Indiana versus Southern Illinois University Edwardsville men's basketball game at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. | Rich Janzaruk/Herald-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Indiana athletics department announced a major change in the seating layout of Assembly Hall.

It involves putting a general admission student section behind the basket on the north end of the arena. This move is a win for IU hoops for several reasons.

Incentivizes Students to Attend Games

The student section at Indiana has always been a point of contention.

IU used to brag that it had the "biggest student section in the country", but recently, Hoosier students have been missing from Assembly Hall.…