Are we ever going to replace the LNC with a basketball arena that doesn't suck? It just doesn't have a big time feel. Of course, if all of the Sooner fans would actually go to the games, maybe it wouldn't be so bad... but I digress. I would like to see an arena that is more vertically oriented with the fans right on top of the court and the student section in the courtside seats. We need a better game experience to sell the recruits.
i think everyone has pretty much given up at this point.
Anoyone around here over the age of 40 is unlikely to live to see the LNC replaced.
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so youre saying theres a chance?!?!Originally Posted by stoopified
(Im 28)
Im guessing it wont be for a long while. They just spent a buttload of money on it a few years back, and its not like we're winning anything anytime soon. which is unfortunate, because the LNC rivals Tulsa's Mabee Center for America's worst basketball venue
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the LNC sucks. when im watching other teams play i envy their arena.
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Just move games to the local Y and they could fill it up.
Tulsa Union's UMAC is nicer than the LNC.
when i watch other teams play....i envy their team...and their coach....
Does that include the Booneplex?
Say what you want, but that place is really nice. Went up there for my gf graduation and I was jealous that the LNC wasn't near as nice. The only thing that was strange to me was the parking lots around the GIA were all gravel unpaved. So on the bright side at least LNC has paved lots.
Yes, I vote for a new arena and a new coach.
Anyone ever been to GIA? I imagine that place started off just like our Fieldhouse only to be expanded upward.
I've been where once for a womens bball game. The second-level seats are just above the lower level (yes, almost like our Fieldhouse) and felt very close to the court. They also felt very close to their jealous pep band, whom we out-yelled and out-numbered that game. They played their stupid Ride-Ride song directly at us all game. Our girls beat their girls, like usual. Sherri waved and mouthed "thank you" to us afterward.
ive been to GIA in 2006 or 2007. its very nice, very steep and felt close to the court, even in the upper deck. its light-years better for basketball than LNC.
Ive also been to Cameron Indoor Stadium a few years back. It looks and feels super old and it feels like a high school gym. It is freakin tiny. the Top of the stands is practically at the roof. i loved it.
id much rather have the fieldhouse than LNC, but its not gonna happen
I love the parity in college basketball, because some D-1 arenas out there on national TV still have windows that blind viewers during afternoon games. WINDOWS?! In a gym?! lol
I didn't like GIA because of all the bright orange seating... yet another complaint I have about LNC - bright seats. Boo. Our colors do not involve anything bright, just white (preferably cream)
Seriously, worrying about a new arena considering the state of this program is like worrying about buying new tires for a car with a blown motor.
A few thoughts.....
I have no issues with the LNC. All the sight lines (except behind the boards) are really good.
If people weren't showing up when Kelvin went Final Four and Elite 8 in back to back years no arena will change that. (We have about 9,000-10,000 diehards)
Didn't KU have the windows on their gym back in the day? (They still may) I remember watching plenty of OU at KU afternoon games and being blinded.
THIS
But remember everybody hated Kelvin for winning
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why not get rid of the old crap fest field house and build a new field house right on campus...yea, I know it wouldnt have adequate parking but I want to see something right in the middle of campus
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I wasn't talking about a bigger arena, just a better one. I agree that an on campus arena that keeps with the Cherokee gothic architecture would be awesome.
If parking works for football, it could definitely be managed for basketball.
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