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re: Soon to be SEC, OU…Losing Mens Basketball coach to…DePaul?
Posted on 3/12/24 at 12:04 am to Hawgeye
Posted on 3/12/24 at 12:04 am to Hawgeye
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There was a pretty scathing article in the Tulsa World a couple of days ago. Basically saying OU’s arena wasn’t even worthy of hosting high school games.
I assumed there must be some sort of issue on not building a new arena or updating the one you have.
There is an arena issue for sure. But I think everybody at OU is on the same page on that.
As described earlier in the thread...
They are waiting to see if the city/university/private joint venture comes to fruition before they sink any more money into the Lloyd Noble Center.
However the idea that the LNC couldn't host HS events is ridiculous. It has all the ambiance of a 1970s bomb shelter but it is functional.
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Posted on 3/12/24 at 9:06 am to Gunga Din
Our arena is terrible. I can think of a couple of HS gyms here in OK I would rather go watch a game in.
Posted on 3/12/24 at 5:12 pm to Gunga Din
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However the idea that the LNC couldn't host HS events is ridiculous. It has all the ambiance of a 1970s bomb shelter but it is functional.
This is from the Tulsa World….
Soulless arena, but a special day for BA
Mar 7, 2024
NORMAN — It's always baffling that a university with world-class facilities like Memorial Stadium and Love's Field is content to have unsightly Lloyd Noble Center as its home for basketball. Before anyone at the University of Oklahoma says, "Well, we really aren't content with the LNC," I would counter that they've had many years to do something about it. OU is a football-softball school that soon will drag a sub-standard arena to the Southeastern Conference. For the third consecutive year – and, hopefully, for the final time – the most important Oklahoma high school basketball games are played in this soulless building.
Before 2022, the 6A and 5A state tournaments were played for 12 years at Oral Roberts University's Mabee Center. The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association awarded the 2022-24 championship contract to OU. ORU's bid for a new contract was doomed, it was explained in November 2021, because of an issue involving digital ticket fees. Since 2019, the University of Central Oklahoma's Chad Richison Stadium has hosted Oklahoma prep football championship games. Edmond now feels like the forever home of football title games, and I'm OK with that. UCO has invested heavily in its stadium, which is perfectly sized (12,000 capacity) and has nice amenities for fans and teams. This should be the forever situation: championship football each December in Edmond, and 6A-5A championship basketball each March at ORU. In April, the OSSAA conducts a bid process for the next basketball championship contract. Presumably, it's another three-year deal. Presumably, ORU submits a bid. Whatever the issue was with ORU's digital tickets – someone needs to get that fixed ASAP. While the recently renovated Mabee Center is better than ever, OU's Lloyd Noble Center is a terrible place for high school basketball.
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