I'm hoping the plan is to renovate the Vines so that it has a retractable configurations to convert it back and forth from a basketball arena to a convocation/concert center. The Vines Center was modeled after Baylor's Ferrell Center, which can convert its seats differently for basketball, volleyball, and concerts. Obviously, the Vines is the poor man's version, especially since LU didn't have alot of money when they built it.

I hope they plan to move MBB back to the Vines either when my speculative renovations are done or at least for bigger games, and if and when we move to a better conference. The new arena is perfect a perfect ASUN arena, but if we're aiming for CUSA, AAC, A-10 or the Big East, it's wholly inadequate. Throw in the attendance numbers for our last 10 MBB games and it definitely makes you wonder about the decision making on the new Arena. I don't understand why they just didn't build a new BB/VB arena or Convocation Center somewhere else. Such as at the mall, which LU now owns, when a few years ago they proposed building one there with the region's local governments and having MBB play there.

If it were up to me, MBB would stay put, except for December/January games when the students aren't in town. They could play in the Arena then.