Joe Stowell Court

[doug shank's crossover]

Not sure if this has been discussed before, but while watching Illinois vs. Purdue last week I noticed that the Purdue court was dedicated to Gene Keady as -"Keady Court" which was painted in large letters parallel to the side boundary. After decades of devoting his life to Boilermaker hoops, the school showed some love and dedicated the court as a thank you to the old coach. Then I started thinking...Coach Stowell is the personification of BU hoops. What a thrilling and fitting tribute it would be to dedicate the court at Carver Arena to this icon of Central Illinois Athletics. Who has meant more to our Hilltop heritage? Anyway, just a thought....

[Big Mike]

I think it would be nice to name the new fieldhouse court after coach Stowell....after all he coached all his games men & women on the hilltop!

[BradleyBrave]

I disagree. Joe Stowell isn't even the 3rd best coach in our school's history, or one of the better players. He's a Hall of Famer, but I don't think the court should be named after him. The only person who deserves that honor is Hersey Hawkins. He's the greatest player in our history, has been a university trustee, and gave back to the community for several years after he left Bradley.

[JMM28]

I disagree. Joe Stowell isn't even the 3rd best coach in our school's history, or one of the better players. He's a Hall of Famer, but I don't think the court should be named after him..

I agree 100%. Joe Stowell reminds me of the Ron Santo of Bradley basketball. Great guy, never really won anything, and is known by a whole generation plus for his radio/misc work than his original work.

I don't know if you could name the court after a player though, with so many great ones in the past and more to come. Although if you did have to choose one, Hawk definitely takes it.

How about Jim Les Court in about 25 years or so?

[Da Coach]

Bradley does not own the court in Carver Arena. And of course, they don't own Carver, they just rent. There are a lot of other basketball games played on that court besides Bradley games.

It's not likely Bradley could get the right to name the court after anyone, since it's not their court.

[Bradleyguy10]

Exactly what I was thinking...if JL has a long head coaching job with us with pretty good success then I think he takes the cake.

[Out of Bounce]

I disagree. Joe Stowell isn't even the 3rd best coach in our school's history, or one of the better players. He's a Hall of Famer, but I don't think the court should be named after him. The only person who deserves that honor is Hersey Hawkins. He's the greatest player in our history, has been a university trustee, and gave back to the community for several years after he left Bradley.

Watch it BB, you may make some people mad. I did with Indiana State wanting to name their court after coach John Wooden and not after Larry Bird.

[Beninator]

I think it would be nice to name the new fieldhouse court after coach Stowell....after all he coached all his games men & women on the hilltop!

I like your idea Big Mike.... If BU could name the court at the PCC, I would be in favor of naming the court after AJ Robertson

[houstontxbrave]

Watch it BB, you may make some people mad. I did with Indiana State wanting to name their court after coach John Wooden and not after Larry Bird.

Hey if they want to name their court after someone who had ALL of his success at another school more power to them.

You didnt make anyone mad, I doubt anyone cares enough about who Indiana State names their court after to really get mad but it is a seriously silly decision, but so is having him in the Valley hall of fame. He didnt earn his fame in the Valley.

[Out of Bounce]

Hey if they want to name their court after someone who had ALL of his success at another school more power to them.

You didnt make anyone mad, I doubt anyone cares enough about who Indiana State names their court after to really get mad but it is a seriously silly decision, but so is having him in the Valley hall of fame. He didnt earn his fame in the Valley.

I agree

[Scouter]

Bradley does not own the court in Carver Arena. And of course, they don't own Carver, they just rent. There are a lot of other basketball games played on that court besides Bradley games.

It's not likely Bradley could get the right to name the court after anyone, since it's not their court.

That's interesting and something I've never really thought about. But if that's the case, shouldn't BU (or the PCC) get rid of all the things on there that have "Bradley" written on them? What about the banners? Did Bradley really buy the new court or paint job they put on there last year or was that the PCC's doing? I guess what I'm asking is, how much say does Bradley have in what kind of Bradley things are around Carver Arena?

[Da Coach]

I think there is a difference between the landlord (the Civic Center) putting some logos on the court and allowing the BU retired jerseys to be portrayed on the wall (it's all quite temporary - BTW, the Rivermen's retired jerseys are also up on the walls), as opposed to allowing Bradley to name the court after one of it's great past coaches (that seems a little harder to undo if the Braves ever leave Carver). There is a lot of precedence for Civic arenas allowing the teams' logos, but I am not aware of any public arena that has had the court dedicated to someone affiliated with the team that rents their space.

[bigdaddystuck]

This is just a guess....but if BU purchased the floor, they could name it after whoever they wanted. They would probably have to pay the PCC for storage etc... IMO, if this could be done, I would think that Coach Stowell would be a great choice to name the court after.

[basketball nut]

I disagree. Joe Stowell isn't even the 3rd best coach in our school's history, or one of the better players. He's a Hall of Famer, but I don't think the court should be named after him. The only person who deserves that honor is Hersey Hawkins. He's the greatest player in our history, has been a university trustee, and gave back to the community for several years after he left Bradley.

I am not sure if you would get many arguments on this statement but tell me one person that has done this much for BU. He is known all over the world as one of the great teachers of the game of basketball. I think it would be nice to name the new facility after him.
Yes we have people that have had better records as coaches and we have the Hawk but none of them bleed BU red and white more then Coach Stowel. The next 2 closest to him are probably JL and Dave 900 BU games called Snell.

[Beninator]

I am not sure if you would get many arguments on this statement but tell me one person that has done this much for BU. He is known all over the world as one of the great teachers of the game of basketball. I think it would be nice to name the new facility after him.
Yes we have people that have had better records as coaches and we have the Hawk but none of them bleed BU red and white more then Coach Stowel. The next 2 closest to him are probably JL and Dave 900 BU games called Snell.

Well said... I couldnt agree more....