http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sp...875799001/

The facility is magnificent, but the following quote from Dr Rudd (U of M President) kindled hope that he and perhaps major donors will not accept poor performance from our coach and by inference do something about it:

Quote:Historically it’s a top 10 program, we expect it to perform at that level and we’ve resourced it at that level. Part of my responsibility is asserting that expectation and standard, and that is the standard.”

$20 Mil on an art facility seems a bit excessive.

(11-18-2017 08:54 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  $20 Mil on an art facility seems a bit excessive.

(11-18-2017 08:54 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  $20 Mil on an art facility seems a bit excessive.

Art can get pricey.

(11-18-2017 09:28 AM)dcg141 Wrote:  

(11-18-2017 08:54 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  $20 Mil on an art facility seems a bit excessive.

Art can get pricey.

Ok, here is some art to go with it.







More to come.

Should have spent that money as a down payment on an OCS.

Seriously, congrats. And in before somebody turns it into a USF/UCF pissing contest.

USFFan

EXCERPT from Commercial Appeal article:

Let me tell you about some of the cool stuff. The thumbprint is cool. The players enter the place with a biometric thumbprint. They hold their thumbs to the door, it magically opens up and there, on a big screen to the left — summoned by that thumbprint — is each particular player’s schedule for the day.

The showers are cool. They’re individual, they’re wired for music, and they’re completely soundproof. That means that each player can choose his music on his iPhone, have it piped in to the shower and soap up without anyone else hearing the music.

The private theater is super cool. The sneaker display lit up in neon is retro cool. The stunning entryway and the massive Hall of Champions isn’t just cool, it’s magnificent.

But you know the coolest part of the new Laurie-Walton Family Basketball Center?

The coolest part is what it says about the ambitions and the future of the program.

“We have resourced this program at a top 10 and 15 level nationally,” said University of Memphis president David Rudd. “We expect to be at that level, period. We have resourced it that way for a reason. Historically it’s a top 10 program, we expect it to perform at that level and we’ve resourced it at that level. Part of my responsibility is asserting that expectation and standard, and that is the standard.”

http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sp...875799001/

(11-18-2017 10:01 AM)usffan Wrote:  Should have spent that money as a down payment on an OCS.

Seriously, congrats. And in before somebody turns it into a USF/UCF pissing contest.

USFFan

Bill Laurie is a former starting PG for Memphis, alongside Larry Finch, Larry Kenon and Ronnie Robinson, on that Gene-Bartow coached 1973 F2 team that lost to Bill Walton and UCLA.

Laurie married one of Sam Walton's (founder of Walmart) daughters. Between that and smart business investments he is worth about a gazillion billion, lol. Well, enough billions, anyway.

Facility is named "The Laurie-Walton Family Basketball Center."

This facility cost $20.5M. He chipped in $10M with promise of plenty more to come. Maybe he'll chip in a bit for an OCS later on, lol.

With the way our weather goes some years, it should be a domed OCS.

Video of facility opening. Nice shots of some of the features.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojaBhv08BIs

(11-18-2017 08:54 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  $20 Mil on an art facility seems a bit excessive.

How do you feel about a $75M art facility?

https://news.temple.edu/news/fox-tyler-s...new-spaces

More art, lol:





Still looking for pic of outside front of building. It's impressive, too.

(11-18-2017 10:19 AM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(11-18-2017 08:54 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  $20 Mil on an art facility seems a bit excessive.

How do you feel about a $75M art facility?

https://news.temple.edu/news/fox-tyler-s...new-spaces

Can you play basketball in it?

(11-18-2017 08:54 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  $20 Mil on an art facility seems a bit excessive.

OP thread title omitted the words "Basketball Practice, Training and BB Admin" facility, lol.

(11-18-2017 10:25 AM)tigerjamesc Wrote:  

(11-18-2017 10:19 AM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(11-18-2017 08:54 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  $20 Mil on an art facility seems a bit excessive.

How do you feel about a $75M art facility?

https://news.temple.edu/news/fox-tyler-s...new-spaces

Can you play basketball in it?

$48M

http://www.hastingschivetta.com/projects...enovation/

(11-18-2017 08:54 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  $20 Mil on an art facility seems a bit excessive.

Top shelf

Very nice. I don't agree with Bill Laurie stating" that you don't build a building like this until you deserve it after years of winning"(paraphrased).
What happened to the Field Of Dreams quote? "Build it and they will come"?

Maybe in a couple years we can get a coach who can take advantage of our facilities

(11-19-2017 10:44 AM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  Maybe in a couple years we can get a coach who can take advantage of our facilities

It may be sooner than a couple of years, depending on Tubby’s success on the court and on the recruiting trail.

(11-19-2017 10:49 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  

(11-19-2017 10:44 AM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  Maybe in a couple years we can get a coach who can take advantage of our facilities

It may be sooner than a couple of years, depending on Tubby’s success on the court and on the recruiting trail.

Don’t turn this into a Tubby bash fest. Grow up and admire the building. Shouldn’t have to tell grown men that smh

(11-19-2017 10:55 AM)M1T4 Wrote:  

(11-19-2017 10:49 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  

(11-19-2017 10:44 AM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:  Maybe in a couple years we can get a coach who can take advantage of our facilities

It may be sooner than a couple of years, depending on Tubby’s success on the court and on the recruiting trail.

Don’t turn this into a Tubby bash fest. Grow up and admire the building. Shouldn’t have to tell grown men that smh

Let's focus on aspects related to the AAC and the Memphis Tigers and not Tiger fans.