Joe Stowell Court

[BradleyBrave]

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.

I would not disagree with you there. Certainly a practice facility or something having to do with the program should have his name. He has been part of the program in one way or the other for over half a century. My only reservation was naming the court after him. Usually, that honor seems to go to a HOF player or coach (and honestly I think it's a bit silly to call a building one thing, but name a court another thing, but that's another discussion altogether).

[Disturbed]

I'm not sure everyone realizes what a gem we have in Dave Snell. He could have left many times for bigger markets and the NBA, but chose to stay in his beloved hometown and work for a place he truly loves, Bradley University. We get an hour pregame show, which I know is produced by others, but would not occur without Dave's hard work in the past. We get games that are called to perfection because of his hard work, preparation, and vast knowledge of all things Bradley and MVC. We get an excellent post game show with player interviews and the head coach actually involved, which is fairly uncommon these days. Somewhere in the Peoria Civic Center, beside all of the other banners, needs to be a Dave Snell 900 banner, or something along those lines. The guy's a true professional and we are very lucky to have him.

[Buesch N Chips]

I'm not sure everyone realizes what a gem we have in Dave Snell. He could have left many times for bigger markets and the NBA, but chose to stay in his beloved hometown and work for a place he truly loves, Bradley University. We get an hour pregame show, which I know is produced by others, but would not occur without Dave's hard work in the past. We get games that are called to perfection because of his hard work, preparation, and vast knowledge of all things Bradley and MVC. We get an excellent post game show with player interviews and the head coach actually involved, which is fairly uncommon these days. Somewhere in the Peoria Civic Center, beside all of the other banners, needs to be a Dave Snell 900 banner, or something along those lines. The guy's a true professional and we are very lucky to have him.

....which makes you wonder why he was removed from his sports anchor position.

[it's boogie time]

....which makes you wonder why he was removed from his sports anchor position.

He had to choose between WMBD AM and WMBD channel 31 (Nexstar) when they were owned by different companies and his contract was up.

[Rusty 54]

He had to choose between WMBD radio and WMBD channel 31 when they were owned by different companies and his contract was up.

Absolutely correct. I have had the opportunity to meet Dave and talk with him about some career related stuff, and he was extremely helpful, and even gave me his score card for the DePaul game two years ago! He is a great individual, and loves Bradley as more then anyone I know. He is an excellent representative of BU, and we are truly fortunate to have him calling our basketball games.

[Scouter]

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.

Al McGuire Court at Marquette is the only one I can think of. They rent from the Bradley Center.

[yem549]

Al McGuire Court at Marquette is the only one I can think of. They rent from the Bradley Center.

DePaul has the Ray and Marge Meyer court at the All State Arena.

[SFP]

I love listening to Snell's call on the games. We are lucky to have had him call our games so long. I will not go over my list of my favorite play by play guys but Snell's cadence, voice, knowledge is just as good as any I have enjoyed throughout my life and a few are even in the broadcasters hall of fame. I just hope Snell has the chance to call a BU National Championship game.