Basketball Facilities/FEC Upgrades

The FEC will be around for a few years yet - nice that they're not going to let it run completely down before the new arena is built.

http://www.texassports.com/news/2017/9/21/ut-athletics-upgrades-to-basketball-facilities.aspx

 

I like the way the new centerboard looks like.
I wonder if we will get a tour of the updated locker room.

 

Figure a little over $4M to make FEC acceptable for the next 4-5 years, not a bad investment.

 

They already have a video of the Men's Locker Room up on Texas Sports

 

I"m sorry to hear we're still stuck for the FEC for a few more years. It is so uninviting, crunched in between all those medical school buildings, and never a good basketball gym anyway. I keep thinking it might deter players from coming here, but it never seems to work that way, thinking of the buildings a lot of good teams play in (e.g., Baylor).

 

huh, I like it. I like all the parking around it (two garages & parking on Red River) for attending games and practices. But then again, I don't go to hardly any out of town games so I don't really have much to compare it to.

The three that I have gone to: A&M, Baylor and Tech, I think the FEC is as good or better. But, jmo. We may be looking at different things when considering the arenas.

 

http://www.hookemplus.com/2017/09/2...n-into-erwin-center-cooley-pavilion-upgrades/
I didn't like Patterson for a lot of reasons. Just one more to add to the list.

 

I"m sorry too. I think the new facility will be so much better for the BB experience.

 

New video board is up as the team opens practices. Newly designated assistant head coach Tina Thompson in the foreground.