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Nice to see Bronco Basketball appears to have a more reasonable budget than in the Hawkins years.

I will always wonder what could have been & where the true funding road block was.
Of course then for two years Clayton was only allowed a frayed shoe string to keep the program alive.

(06-10-2022 05:31 AM)okgc Wrote:  Nice to see Bronco Basketball appears to have a more reasonable budget than in the Hawkins years.

I will always wonder what could have been & where the true funding road block was.
Of course then for two years Clayton was only allowed a frayed shoe string to keep the program alive.

What has changed? We still have the worst facilities in the MAC. I am sure we will play a tough schedule this year for guaranteed money, the athletic department is still struggling budget wise due to Montgomery cutting back.

(05-06-2022 05:07 AM)ess Wrote:  

(05-05-2022 11:40 PM)gobaseline Wrote:  Wichita State fires AD for not keeping up with developing NIL.

Apparently a school/program that is serious about "competing at a championship level".

Wichita State can eat my ass.

An inovative AD

Thought this thread should be updated.

WMU agrees to $1 million property sale for county parking
https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-n...ty-parking

October announcement
WMU Athletics and Gensler Sports Design announce facility master plan partnership | Sports | westernherald.com
https://www.westernherald.com/sports/art...8b27d.html

I also posted this on the hockey board, wanted to include it here as this is a dual purpose facility (hockey and basketball) as it includes 2 rinks and a practice basketball court. St Thomas is a D3 program who recently made the jump to D1 in all their sports:

St. Thomas Receives $75 Million Gift for New Campus Arena
It’s the largest donation ever to a Minnesota university. Prompted by a move to Division I athletics, the Lee & Penny Anderson Arena will become home to hockey and basketball.
By Allison Kaplan
January 17, 2023
https://tcbmag.com/st-thomas-75-million-...pus-arena/