Best Basketball Facility in D3

[gottaluvhoops]

I still think that Hope and UT-Tyler have the best overall facilities that I have seen.  Wartburg's is pretty impressive too.  Here is a link to most of their facilities.


http://www.wartburg.edu/vtour/thew.html

[pistol pete 22]

My favorite place to play was at UT Tyler.
http://www.uttyler.edu/athletics/facilities/
UMHB is another nice place to play, but I believe Ozarks has the best atmosphere. Our students are involved in every game, no matter who we are playing or how good we are doing that year.

Ozaks facilities are horrible. My vote also goes to UT-Tyler.

[Knightstalker]

Thought this would be a good place to post this.  NJCU naming the center basketball court at the Moore Center the Charlie Brown Court .  I was hoping they would do something like this for Coach Brown.

[D3Basketball]

I'll put my nod in for Christopher Newport's facility.

[ztk336]

The home opener for USM is tuesday against UNE, after all the off season work UNE put in do you think it will pay off for a win tuesday night? please give both boys and girls opinions as they are one after the other. come to the game and show your support. follow this link http://usm.maine.edu/athletics/ and print off the coupon for a chance at free food, and a new ipod!

[northb]

With the opening of the Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex and the Van Noord Arena, this discussion is over, friends.  Follow this link to see what most observers have called the premier facilty in DIII.

http://www.calvin.edu/news/2008-09/SFC-opening/

[Tglassman55]

shouldn't it be one of those rediculous 10,000 student D3's in Wisconsin? 

UPS holds 4000 and there isn't a bad seat in the house   but i'm sure there's better somewhere

[John Gleich]

shouldn't it be one of those rediculous [sic] 10,000 student D3's in Wisconsin? 

UPS holds 4000 and there isn't a bad seat in the house   but i'm sure there's better somewhere

Uh, I dunno what ax you have to grind with the WIAC schools, but if you are still bitter about getting knocked out by UWSP in 04 and 05, Point's enrollment was about 8700, not 10,000...

FYI, only 2 WIAC schools are over 10k for enrollment (UWEC and UWO).  UWW is just under 10k, over if you count grad students.  In terms of facilities for those 3, UWO is like an airplane hangar... seats over 5k and is only full for high school games.  EC is old with bi-level seating on both sidelines.  I'd imagine it would be a tough place to play in when packed... but it was never packed when we played there and EC is winless against Point in the last 18 meetings... 

Whitewater is a nice gym and there are lots of big games played there, so atmosphere gets thrown in, but it isn't the best in the conference, let alone the country.  That title belongs to Point, and the gym will be getting some additional cosmetic upgrades in the off season.

UPS has some nice facilities and did a good job combining old and new with their renovation in 1995.  And in the first game we played in front of 1800 was decent... but it wasn't even half full.  Compared to Gustavus Adolphus, it wasn't much, and ESPECIALLY wasn't in front of 200 on the second night...

[hickory_cornhusker]

shouldn't it be one of those rediculous [sic] 10,000 student D3's in Wisconsin? 

UPS holds 4000 and there isn't a bad seat in the house   but i'm sure there's better somewhere

Uh, I dunno what ax you have to grind with the WIAC schools, but if you are still bitter about getting knocked out by UWSP in 04 and 05, Point's enrollment was about 8700, not 10,000...

FYI, only 2 WIAC schools are over 10k for enrollment (UWEC and UWO).  UWW is just under 10k, over if you count grad students.  In terms of facilities for those 3, UWO is like an airplane hangar... seats over 5k and is only full for high school games.  EC is old with bi-level seating on both sidelines.  I'd imagine it would be a tough place to play in when packed... but it was never packed when we played there and EC is winless against Point in the last 18 meetings... 

Whitewater is a nice gym and there are lots of big games played there, so atmosphere gets thrown in, but it isn't the best in the conference, let alone the country.  That title belongs to Point, and the gym will be getting some additional cosmetic upgrades in the off season.

UPS has some nice facilities and did a good job combining old and new with their renovation in 1995.  And in the first game we played in front of 1800 was decent... but it wasn't even half full.  Compared to Gustavus Adolphus, it wasn't much, and ESPECIALLY wasn't in front of 200 on the second night...

Is the naming of the court the only thing they are doing at Point or is there more in store for Quandt this summer?

[John Gleich]

shouldn't it be one of those rediculous [sic] 10,000 student D3's in Wisconsin? 

UPS holds 4000 and there isn't a bad seat in the house   but i'm sure there's better somewhere

Uh, I dunno what ax you have to grind with the WIAC schools, but if you are still bitter about getting knocked out by UWSP in 04 and 05, Point's enrollment was about 8700, not 10,000...

FYI, only 2 WIAC schools are over 10k for enrollment (UWEC and UWO).  UWW is just under 10k, over if you count grad students.  In terms of facilities for those 3, UWO is like an airplane hangar... seats over 5k and is only full for high school games.  EC is old with bi-level seating on both sidelines.  I'd imagine it would be a tough place to play in when packed... but it was never packed when we played there and EC is winless against Point in the last 18 meetings... 

Whitewater is a nice gym and there are lots of big games played there, so atmosphere gets thrown in, but it isn't the best in the conference, let alone the country.  That title belongs to Point, and the gym will be getting some additional cosmetic upgrades in the off season.

UPS has some nice facilities and did a good job combining old and new with their renovation in 1995.  And in the first game we played in front of 1800 was decent... but it wasn't even half full.  Compared to Gustavus Adolphus, it wasn't much, and ESPECIALLY wasn't in front of 200 on the second night...

Is the naming of the court the only thing they are doing at Point or is there more in store for Quandt this summer?

There's more in store.  They're going to update the lighting in Quandt and change the entrance concourse (pretty significantly, too).  They're going to add murals and trophy cases, knock out the wall to the right as you walk in the entrance to enhance the entrance experience.

Fundraising for this project started fall 2008 and all of the funds from the campaign will be used for the floor naming, Quandt gym renovations, and remodeling of Quandt lobby.

This is one of the official releases that tells about the improvements.

In a letter to boosters (from Terry Porter) a section states:

To preserve the UWSP basketball history, recruit and retain quality players and coaches, showcase the many Pointer success stories, and to make this project worthy of two great coaches, Quandt lobby and Quandt gym will be renovated as a part of the project.  The renovation will feature new custom display cases, wall murals, new lighting in the gym and lobby, a national championship display, and donor recognition that helps "tell" the Pointer story.

[Just Bill]

Terry Porter has quite a way with words doesn't he.   

[Tglassman55]

shouldn't it be one of those rediculous [sic] 10,000 student D3's in Wisconsin? 

UPS holds 4000 and there isn't a bad seat in the house   but i'm sure there's better somewhere

Uh, I dunno what ax you have to grind with the WIAC schools, but if you are still bitter about getting knocked out by UWSP in 04 and 05, Point's enrollment was about 8700, not 10,000...

UPS has some nice facilities and did a good job combining old and new with their renovation in 1995.  And in the first game we played in front of 1800 was decent... but it wasn't even half full.  Compared to Gustavus Adolphus, it wasn't much, and ESPECIALLY wasn't in front of 200 on the second night...

I love the ax to grind play on words :-D  but no, i don't I was being serious.  I figure a school with that many people would have a lot of money.  I wasn't mad or bitter or any emotion that I think you thought I had

UPS just got a new face lift, it's true it's hard to fill a place that big and our administration sucks at getting the word out about the games to the public so unfortunatly, it may never be.  The only time I've ever seen it completely full was when Hillary Clinton came and gave a speech there :-D

everyone is so touchy on these boards...

[Just Bill]

I figure a school with that many people would have a lot of money. 

No, see you forgot that we're all public schools. The fast food industry just isn't conducive to big giving. 

Seriously, while the UW schools can do some pretty good fundraising due to their numbers (Whitewater has one very generous benefactor in particular), were still very much at the mercy of the State government, and there's 13 campuses that all have their hand out.  Plus the State of Wisconsin is 6 million in debt at the moment so our collegiate athletic facilities are staying as is.

We do tend to have larger facilities due to our enrollment numbers. A school with 8,000 students needs a bigger weight room than one with 1,000 students, naturally.

[wizbegs1304]

Is there any new buildings going up this summer? Isn't St. Thomas opening up a new building next year?

[fcnews]

Toss in Fontbonne University to your list of very nice facilities. It gets rave reviews from the DI teams who have used it during Final Fours and NCAA regionals. It also is the favorite of many of the Valley teams during the MVC Conference Tournament.