(04-21-2024 06:26 PM)Dukes_Royals Wrote:  

(04-21-2024 06:15 PM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  

(04-21-2024 06:08 PM)Dukes_Royals Wrote:  

(04-21-2024 04:09 PM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  I ran into a few girls from Sweden yesterday that are in town for a WBB tournament. Seems they were told there would be plenty of D1 coaches/scouts to watch them play, I asked them if they're playing at JMU or the AUBC and they weren't. Turns out they were playing the games at EMU and they were pi$$ed to say the least, about the venue and the D3 coaches in the house. One of the girls has committed to High Point but the others are looking for offers as well. Wonder if Coach O or his staff got out there to watch.

There are at least a dozen D1 arenas worse than EMU’s. Its nothing close to JMU’s arena but way worse out there.

Maybe so, I’ve never been there and had to look it up, my high school gym was nothing special but nicer than this one.

I'd argue your high school gym was incredibly nice then. Because when I was playing in high school (note this was less than a decade ago) no arena we played in had chairback seats, seating on three sides or rims that didn't hang from the ceiling.

It's certainly not a bad field house, but it's not worth travelling from another continent to in order to play for D3 coaches. It sounds like the team was sold on one thing and is not getting what they were promised (and what they thought they paid for).

This happens in the Music world, too. I'll get emails offering to take my students on a trip to Europe to perform in great concert venues with large audiences, and while some companies can deliver on that, there are many who will then start "downsizing" things once your check is cashed.