New Facilities

[Rusty 54]

A while back i thought there was a virtual tour of the new facilities, does anyone have a link to the virtual tour? With all the talk about how much they will help recruiting (or at least not hurt us anymore) I want to take a look at them again.

[tornado]

No, but I have an artist's redition of what the brand new
facilities will look like when complete.





ps--- does anyone else remember when they tipped off to start the 2nd half??


and here's the link to the virtual campus tour, but I don't think it has the new facilities.

http://admissions.bradley.edu/freshman/campusvisits/vtour/

[Beninator]

ps--- does anyone else remember when they tipped off to start the 2nd half??

Or how about the jump ball after a held ball? I miss that!

[tornado]

Actually, Ben, until the 1930's they actually jumped at center after every made basket, just like the face-off in Hockey!
That always kept the scores down a bit...

http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012405aad.html

http://au.answers.yahoo.com/answers2/frontend.php/question?qid=20071216194819AA3Hp5m

[Double D]

Or how about the jump ball after a held ball? I miss that!

How about the jumps that took place near the basket at the free throw circle?

With the physical play they allow today that would be a blood bath...it would be fun to see however.

[thefish7]

I personally would like to see jump ball at the half for sure, and maybe even after a tied ball.

[tornado]

It was a move for "speed-up" purposes once the end-of-game management and TV timeouts were stretching ball games well beyond 2 hours.
...since walking to the circle to tip every time you had a held ball or starting every quarter (in HS ball) or half with a tip, ultimately consumed lots of time.

[Beninator]

How about the jumps that took place near the basket at the free throw circle?

With the physical play they allow today that would be a blood bath...it would be fun to see however.

I always enjoyed the jump ball situation with the point guard vs. the center.

[squirrel]

My guess is when more formal announcements are made on April 24 that more info will be available online.

[pfunk880]

I personally would like to see jump ball at the half for sure, and maybe even after a tied ball.

I would like to see it after a tie-up because I think the alternating possession is stupid. I understand why it's the way it is though.

[thefish7]

Yeah, I'd like to see it with the tie ball, because I don't think you'd see guards trying to tie up centers as often... that being said, I understand it would lengthen the game, and also I think it's pretty tough for refs to make a good throw every time... or something to that effect.

I would really like to see it at the half though... don't think it would add any significant time, just make the game a bit more interesting.

[pfunk880]

Yeah, I'd like to see it with the tie ball, because I don't think you'd see guards trying to tie up centers as often... that being said, I understand it would lengthen the game, and also I think it's pretty tough for refs to make a good throw every time... or something to that effect.

Yeah... one of the few things I still like about the NBA.

Sorry to derail your thread, Rusty.

[Dubl R 1]

It was a move for "speed-up" purposes once the end-of-game management and TV timeouts were stretching ball games well beyond 2 hours.
...since walking to the circle to tip every time you had a held ball or starting every quarter (in HS ball) or half with a tip, ultimately consumed lots of time.

Nobody slows down a game like Missouri Valley Refs though.

[pfunk880]

Nobody slows down a game like Missouri Valley Refs though.

You mean like against Evansville, when there was practically a whistle every 10 seconds?

[J Money]

Since this is a new facilities thread......it seems like a lot of people on here are magically expecting 4 star recruits to flock to Peoria as soon as we get a new practice facility. People keep saying "Give JL time to work with the new facility". Has anyone seen the basketball facilities at SIU? Not impressive....great recruiting class. I think we're putting too much weight on this. UNI recruited fine when they were in the dome now they have a great building and they suck (also could have to do with the coaching change). I think this may play less of a part than people think.