I posted this on the CUSA board, but wanted to post here as well.
Stadium Journey...College Basketball Arena Rankings.
Sorry gang, this is comical and sad.
# 15 G.B. Hodge Center - Home of the USC Upstate Spartans
The Hodge Center is...well, let's just call it "intimate". The arena seats 818 fans, which means that just about everyone is going to get a great seat to see the action. The only seats with a questionable view are those behind the hilarious Spartan Army, the Upstate student section. The Spartan Army stands throughout the game and certainly makes their presence felt. The students are small in numbers, but quite loud in volume.
Has anyone here ever been there? I have,
# 51 Draddy Gymnasium - Home of the Manhattan Jaspers
Draddy Gymnasium has a very intimate atmosphere, but is in a very large building.
The gym seats 2,345 for basketball, but Draddy Gym itself has a full track, batting cages and a basketball arena all under the same roof. One of the coolest things about seeing a game there is when you're walking in,
the Jaspers cheerleaders are lined up behind the ticket-taker, and actually cheer you like a player when you're walking in. @ Yep that makes it a top gym.... yahoo!
#99 Bryce Willett Hall - Home of the Longwood Lancers
After running on the Independent circuit in Division I from 2007-2011, Longwood accepted the Big South Conference’s invitation in January 2012 to become the 12th member of the conference. The Lancers are excited and focused to start this new chapter in their athletic department’s history, as they break into a Division I conference and look to start some new traditions and history as a Big South member. The Lancers play their home games at Henry I. Willett Jr. Hall, often shortened to just Willett Hall.
Built in 1980, the venue looks like any other building from the outside and isn’t very big on the inside, seating just over 1,800. This qualifies it as a top 100
I may have some partiality with this next one but I have to include it on the list as one of Mr. Swaney's...... "I have never seen it but lets just play Wheel of Fortune" Spinnnnnn that wheel and the number is #184 Ok!
# 184 Constant Convocation Center - Home of the Old Dominion Monarchs
If you have a chance to catch the Monarchs at home, don't pass it up. The Ted Constant Convocation Center is a quality arena in which to see a game, and you will definitely get your money's worth.
Mr. Swaney is a masterful wizard of few words.... "What do you want me to say, I have never been there"
#192 John Paul Jones Arena - Home of the Virginia Cavaliers
As with all buildings at the university, John Paul Jones Arena is constructed using Jeffersonian principles and architecture.
This gorgeous arena is yet another architectural gem on the grounds of the University of Virginia, and a must for any college basketball fan visiting the Commonwealth of Virginia. Yea, I see it, this $131,000,000 14,593 seat state of the art show place that is
described as an architectural gem, and gorgeous, is not in the top 190 in the country.
What in the world is Paul Swaney's priorities. When he ranks the
Hodge Center with its 853 fans at #15, and when the ticket-takers and
Cheerleaders actually cheer you like a player as you walk in to the Gym, and that qualifies Draddy's Gymnasium to be ranked at # 51. However, the one that takes the cake for me and convinces me Mr. Swaney's is
whack-a-do is when he claims a venue
looks like any other building from the outside and isn’t very big (the 1,800 seat Willett Hall at Longwood #99) yet is ranked 100 places higher than UVA's John Paul Jones Arena.
He himself described JPJ as one of the country's most gorgeous arenas and an architectural gem.
I would suggest you use Stadium Journey Magazine for kindling in your next fire.
NO, go ahead and burn it now.
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