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New Facilities

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Rusty 54

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A while back i thought there was a virtual tour of the new facilities, does anyone have a link to the virtual tour? With all the talk about how much they will help recruiting (or at least not hurt us anymore) I want to take a look at them again.
 
No, but I have an artist's redition of what the brand new
facilities will look like when complete.


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ps--- does anyone else remember when they tipped off to start the 2nd half??


and here's the link to the virtual campus tour, but I don't think it has the new facilities.
http://admissions.bradley.edu/freshman/campusvisits/vtour/
 
It was a move for "speed-up" purposes once the end-of-game management and TV timeouts were stretching ball games well beyond 2 hours.
...since walking to the circle to tip every time you had a held ball or starting every quarter (in HS ball) or half with a tip, ultimately consumed lots of time.
 
Double D said:
How about the jumps that took place near the basket at the free throw circle?

With the physical play they allow today that would be a blood bath...it would be fun to see however.:)
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I always enjoyed the jump ball situation with the point guard vs. the center.
 
Yeah, I'd like to see it with the tie ball, because I don't think you'd see guards trying to tie up centers as often... that being said, I understand it would lengthen the game, and also I think it's pretty tough for refs to make a good throw every time... or something to that effect.

I would really like to see it at the half though... don't think it would add any significant time, just make the game a bit more interesting.
 
thefish7 said:
Yeah, I'd like to see it with the tie ball, because I don't think you'd see guards trying to tie up centers as often... that being said, I understand it would lengthen the game, and also I think it's pretty tough for refs to make a good throw every time... or something to that effect.
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Yeah... one of the few things I still like about the NBA.

Sorry to derail your thread, Rusty.
 
tornado said:
It was a move for "speed-up" purposes once the end-of-game management and TV timeouts were stretching ball games well beyond 2 hours.
...since walking to the circle to tip every time you had a held ball or starting every quarter (in HS ball) or half with a tip, ultimately consumed lots of time.
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Nobody slows down a game like Missouri Valley Refs though.;)
 
Since this is a new facilities thread......it seems like a lot of people on here are magically expecting 4 star recruits to flock to Peoria as soon as we get a new practice facility. People keep saying "Give JL time to work with the new facility". Has anyone seen the basketball facilities at SIU? Not impressive....great recruiting class. I think we're putting too much weight on this. UNI recruited fine when they were in the dome now they have a great building and they suck (also could have to do with the coaching change). I think this may play less of a part than people think.
 
J Money said:
Since this is a new facilities thread......it seems like a lot of people on here are magically expecting 4 star recruits to flock to Peoria as soon as we get a new practice facility. People keep saying "Give JL time to work with the new facility". Has anyone seen the basketball facilities at SIU? Not impressive....great recruiting class. I think we're putting too much weight on this. UNI recruited fine when they were in the dome now they have a great building and they suck (also could have to do with the coaching change). I think this may play less of a part than people think.
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I disagree... I am not expecting 4 star recruits with the new facilities. An occasional 4 star recruit would be nice. :cool: What I do expect is for us to be in contention with and land more 3 star and upper 3 star recruits. The new facilites take away a major arguement away from our compeititors who are trying to lure the same players to their program. From what I have read on this board and heard on the streat, people want BU to be a consistant winner. Being a consistant winner isnt going to happen with the current facilities.
 
We lost one recruit (Courtney "Facilities" Lee) specifically because of facilities (his exact word).

It is becoming increasingly standard for DI men's basketball programs to have a dedicated practice facility.

I also think the new arena will be a tremendous asset for our volleyball and women's hoops programs to have a facility that will essentially be exclusive to them. Not many schools can say that. . .

I think these are modest, overdue, yet necessary progressions for Bradley.

I imagine once we get about halfway through this 15-year expansion, it will become time for the university to figure out the next move for men's basketball.
 
squirrel said:
I imagine once we get about halfway through this 15-year expansion, it will become time for the university to figure out the next move for men's basketball.
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If you are talking about an arena on campus or fairly close to the campus, then I like your thinking.:cool: Politically it would be difficult though.
 
I doubt it will be in the campus area.

At some point, a larger arena will be necessary for Bradley.

Carver is adequate, but in the last 5 years, it will have gone from the 2nd largest arena in the league to potentially 5th.

Qwest Center (17560)
Roberts Arena (12500)
JQH Arena (11500)
Carver Arena (11442)
Koch Arena (10500)
Redbird Arena (10200)
Hulmann Center (10200)
SIU Arena (9628 )
McLeod Center (7050)
Knapp Center (7002)

While Drake has the Knapp Center, they could potentially play games at Wells-Fargo (16110).
 
I always look at Campustown and think-- man I wish that was a dedicated Bradley basketball arena. :) I know it's just a dream
 
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