OU's still #1, it now or never Sooner fans!

[HeismanWatch]

Can OUHoops lead OU's BB facilities into the 21st century?

If you put a KSU type project or better on a gofund-type platform, OU fans and alumni would raise $12M in less than four months. You're underestimating these new platforms with fans far from Norman that will take pride in a major new project for the basketball team, knowing OU BB hasn't been a real priority for decades.

All OU has to do is state the university will match those funds raised through a gofund type platform $1 for $1 and let the tallies roll in. You'd see alumni and fans calling each, messaging each other and texting each other to make the needle rise and visualize it online. It's the piranha effect these new platforms cause.

OU has earmarked $7M, so they need another $5M to match the potential goal of $12M from the fans and alumni. Draft new renderings for a mega stand alone and get the ball rolling. Fans and alumni would throw $12M and the university matches it, $12M, then OU has their new $24M OVERDUE stand alone practice facilities for coaches, recruits, players and fans to enjoy. (No loading docks or basements involved.)

How does OU fans and alumni get to $12M?

$250 (30%) = $3.6M - 14,400 donations (Free throw donation)
$500 (30%) = $3.6M - 7,200 donations (2 point donation)
$750 (20%) = $2.4M - 3,200 donations (3 point donation)
$1000 (20%) = $2.4M - 2,400 donations (Buzzer beater donation)

$12M Total via 27,200 donations @ $441/average donation. Peanuts Sooner BB fans!

Just do it!

 

[WTSooner]

smh

 

[deejay1]

All of these threads are evidently the downside of Cousins coming out of his slump.

 

[tycat947]

smh

+1

 

[OUHoops]

How much would it cost to replace the orange seats with crimson seats? Maybe start there with the gofundme and then move on to the bigger stuff.

 

[BigTime]

The same two posters on here keep poo-pooing upgrades...when Boulder contributes it will be the trifecta.

There is NOTHING wrong with upgrades and changes.

 

[HeismanWatch]

Shocking that OU has convinced it's BB fan base over the decades that mediocre is the program's motto. :facepalm

Here I'm pushing for OU to take their BB facilities to a Top 10 level to support the possibility that OU can sustain a Top 10 program, but only get push-back from OU BB rabid fans with a common theme of, no thanks - we are ok with being ok and hanging around the LNC loading dock.

I hope to change that mindset.

Sustainability can ONLY be accomplished through facilities Sooner fans. You can plug and play HCs and players, but you must have facilities to plug and play them into.

OU basketball can afford to share the spotlight long term with OU football someday. :OUbball-logo:

 

[HeismanWatch]

 

[tycat947]

The same two posters on here keep poo-pooing upgrades...when Boulder contributes it will be the trifecta.

There is NOTHING wrong with upgrades and changes.

+1

 

[skyvue]

Shocking that OU has convinced it's BB fan base over the decades that mediocre is the program's motto. :facepalm

Here I'm pushing for OU to take their BB facilities to a Top 10 level to support the possibility that OU can sustain a Top 10 program, but only get push-back from OU BB rabid fans with a common theme of, no thanks - we are ok with being ok and hanging around the LNC loading dock.

I hope to change that mindset.

It could have something to do with the fact that you almost never post, and then when you do crop up, it's to start three threads in as many days (or thereabouts) on the same topic.

Many people feel -- and I'm among them -- that the constant race to build bigger and better facilities is detrimental to college sports. I take a back seat to no one in my love of college athletics, but things can go too far and I'm of the opinion -- and I suspect I'm not the only one -- that we've reached that point.

Coaches make too much money and facilities are upgraded far too often. It's simply not sustainable.

You've offered no convincing evidence that there's anything wrong with our current practice facilities, which are not that old (and therefore not that far from being state of the art) and have in fact generally been praised and touted as a recruiting plus, not a minus. But because KSU and a couple of other schools have built newer (though not necessarily better) facilities, you've got a bug up your butt that OU must do the same. What's more, you've addressed mostly aesthetics, trying to convince us that the coaches' offices look like they're built in a basement and that the practice facilities should have been built in front, not behind, the LNC.

(And, btw, the next time I hear a recruit cite the coaches' offices, of all things, as the reason he signed with a particular school will be the first time.)

Meanwhile, OU takes a back seat to none of the programs you're citing as schools we need to keep up with. KSU wishes they had our basketball program (and virtually every other athletic program, for that matter).

The thing about building new facilities -- whether we're talking about arenas, practice facilities, you name it -- is that they'll only be the latest and greatest for a year, maybe two, tops. After no more than five years, some fans will always be calling for upgrades (to "keep up" with those schools who have upgraded in the interim) and that's a never-ending battle. There will always be newer, better facilities being built.

I've heard literally no one but you complain about our current practice facilities. Not the players, not the coaches, not the recruits, not the media. No one. Just you.

 

[HeismanWatch]

Many people feel -- and I'm among them -- that the constant race to build bigger and better facilities is detrimental to college sports. I take a back seat to no one in my love of college athletics, but things can go too far and I'm of the opinion -- and I suspect I'm not the only one -- that we've reached that point.

You've accepted the point of mediocre. Not me, so let's take OU BB to another level of sustained success.

OU brings in a Tisdale and wins.

OU brings in a King and wins.

OU brings in a Griffin and wins.

OU brings in a Hield and wins.

OU needs to bring some top notch facilities to sustain winning, not depend on a single player to have a season or two of success at the top.

And, the reason I'm posting here is because the team actually has drawn my attention again. It's fun to follow the journey of a successful season. So much fun that I want more of it to be sustained at OU. Facilities are the first step in working towards that goal. I enjoy the success of OU tennis and OU gymnastics as well. Success breeds success!

 

[skyvue]

And, the reason I'm posting here is because the program actually has drawn my attention again.

Welcome to the bandwagon! You'll perhaps understand why those of us who have been faithfully following the team, win or lose, for decades might not feel the need to march in step with someone who can only be bothered to pay attention when the team is in the top 3 nationally.

Have you actually seen the facilities you're criticizing? Have you attended a practice? I have (even though I live in NYC) and I can tell you that there's nothing second-rate about the facilities.

Here's what Jay Bilas had to say about them when they were built: "Oklahoma's basketball facilities are magnificent -- second to none. Everything is top of the line and very well conceived. These facilities communicate the same message the Sooners do through their play -- a commitment to pursuing excellence."

Funny enough, he doesn't compare them to a basement, he doesn't mention a loading dock, and he doesn't complain about which side of the LNC they're situated on.

 

[Sooner04]

And, the reason I'm posting here is because the team actually has drawn my attention again.

Why did you ever leave?

 

[BoulderSooner]

You've accepted the point of mediocre. Not me, so let's take OU BB to another level of sustained success.

OU brings in a Tisdale and wins.

OU brings in a King and wins.

OU brings in a Griffin and wins.

OU brings in a Hield and wins.

OU needs to bring some top notch facilities to sustain winning, not depend on a single player to have a season or two of success at the top.

And, the reason I'm posting here is because the team actually has drawn my attention again. It's fun to follow the journey of a successful season. So much fun that I want more of it to be sustained at OU. Facilities are the first step in working towards that goal. I enjoy the success of OU tennis and OU gymnastics as well. Success breeds success!

kelvin had none of those guys and he had SUSTAINED success ...

kruger will as well ..

 

[HeismanWatch]

kelvin had none of those guys and he had SUSTAINED success ...

kruger will as well ..

12 Years:

1 Final Four
1 Elite Eight

Please tell me you have greater expectations than that.

Facilities will take your expectations to another level.

OU just played in BB's equivalent of the Final Four this year and OU fans are po'd because they didn't win. The expect to be there next season.

 

[BigTime]

And there is the trifecta.

Guys the LNC is old and outdated. It's time for change. This program deserves that.

 

[HeismanWatch]

Why did you ever leave?

Busy schedule to post on a message board, but this new success has me hoping someone in the AD's office will take advantage of it and take the BB facilities to another level.

Just do it and take pride doing it!

 

[Zimwillett]

You've accepted the point of mediocre. Not me, so let's take OU BB to another level of sustained success.

OU brings in a Tisdale and wins.

OU brings in a King and wins.

OU brings in a Griffin and wins.

OU brings in a Hield and wins.

OU needs to bring some top notch facilities to sustain winning, not depend on a single player to have a season or two of success at the top.

And, the reason I'm posting here is because the team actually has drawn my attention again. It's fun to follow the journey of a successful season. So much fun that I want more of it to be sustained at OU. Facilities are the first step in working towards that goal. I enjoy the success of OU tennis and OU gymnastics as well. Success breeds success!

First of all, I'd say that's a pretty rudimentary understanding of the history of OU's success in basketball. I take particular exception to the notion that this run of success is built simply on "bringing in" Buddy Hield.

Secondly, OU's practice facilities are really very nice. I don't know where you're getting the idea that they're somehow lagging behind, but OU spent $17,000 to build the facility in 2001 and have kept it updated. The regents approved another $7M upgrade.

Finally, I think you're confusing football and basketball a little. The arms race in football is much more important to recruiting than it is in basketball. I'm not saying you can just throw the hoops team in some hovel (which OU clearly isn't), but things like relationships with the right AAU people or proven success of alums in the NBA means a lot more to the elite basketball recruits than a new locker room.

 

[HeismanWatch]

First of all, I'd say that's a pretty rudimentary understanding of the history of OU's success in basketball. I take particular exception to the notion that this run of success is built simply on "bringing in" Buddy Hield.

Secondly, OU's practice facilities are really very nice. I don't know where you're getting the idea that they're somehow lagging behind, but OU spent $17,000 to build the facility in 2001 and have kept it updated. The regents approved another $7M upgrade.

Finally, I think you're confusing football and basketball a little. The arms race in football is much more important to recruiting than it is in basketball. I'm not saying you can just throw the hoops team in some hovel (which OU clearly isn't), but things like relationships with the right AAU people or proven success of alums in the NBA means a lot more to the elite basketball recruits than a new locker room.

The ones on the loading docks half underground near the basement of the eyesore LNC? Not impressed and spent too much money, if you state $17M + $7M = $24M, when KSU only spent $18M and their facility is IMPOSING, not on a loading dock.

OU CAN and should do better, like UConn, KSU, VCU.

VCU says hello to the BB facilities: http://www.vmdo.com/project.php?ID=86

 

[skyvue]

And there is the trifecta.

Guys the LNC is old and outdated. It's time for change. This program deserves that.

You're talking about the LNC; Mr. Bandwagon Headslapper is talking about the practice facility, which IS relatively new.

So maybe don't rush to denigrate other posters until we're all at least talking about the same thing.

I don't think we've lost a single recruit because of the ceiling in the coaches' offices, but perhaps I really am in denial.