The Minutemen (26-6) have won their last 18 games at the Mullins Center.
In fall 2007, ground was broken across the street from the Mullins Center on a new $50 million recreation complex.
Rogers said he had been warned about the Mullins Center by his teammates.
It was the Owls' first victory at the Mullins Center, which opened in 1993.
The Mullins Center has hosted many performances over the years, including:
They earned a home Atlantic 10 tournament game at the Mullins Center for the first time since 2003, but this time lost 78-50 to Dayton.
As the Mullins Center finally began to rise, so did the athletic credentials of recruits.
The following week, for Homecoming, the school held a two hour tribute in the Mullins Center for Parks before that days football game.
The university is on winter break, but there was heightened security around the Mullins Center as the basketball team conducted its closed practice.
The basketball court floor at the Mullins Center is named in his honor.