Princeton Review: SMU has 7th best Athletic Facilities

[leopold]

SMU has posted on my Facebook account that the Princeton Review has ranked our athletic facilities as 7th Best in the country. I am looking for the link but I'm not finding the rankings on the Princeton Review website. I'd like to see the rankings for myself, as well as read any comments that come along the article - if this is true this certainly worth being proud of - so if anybody can find a link I'd appreciate it.

Also, if this is true I am going to have to give Turner a lot of credit for this. When I was there in the mid-90's, right after he got there, our facilities were laughable by modern college athletic standards. Ownby was a broken-down, antiquated high school stadium. Five years later we have Ford. Walking into Moody felt like going up into an attic - now it's the toast of Dallas. Westcott was always a decent facility and I'm willing to bet there have been constant upgrades. Aren't we building a new tennis facility, or will be soon? Gotta do something about our swimming facility as well.

But Turner has been here throughout this, and I have heard from multiple teachers and faculty that he was instrumental in getting Ford built, and at some point he had to agree to put $40M into basketball. He's gotten it done, in my book, time and time again, and on multiple fronts.

If anybody can find this link, or confirm this ranking. Well done, if true.

[SmooBoy]

Plunk the IPF on top of Moody and we movin' on up.

[malonish]

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26192300/ ... w-rankings

Southern Methodist University was ranked No. 15 in Little Race/Class Interaction, but otherwise received strong marks.

It was ranked No. 3 Lots of Greek Life, No. 6 College City Gets High Marks, No. 7 in Most Beautiful Campus, Best Quality of Life and Best Athletic Facilities and No. 12 Best Career Services.

The University of Texas at Dallas was No. 15 Scotch and Soda, Hold the Scotch, No. 17 Least Beautiful Campus and No. 20 There’s a Game?

http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings.aspx
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[Nacho]

we have an outstanding opportunity for the posters who were negative about the tamu sports facilities to tell us how great this is.

[blackoutpony]

I think ya'll, and SMU, are confused

The Princeton review gave us the 7th MOST BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS in the country, not best athletic facilities......

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-bea ... ses-2014-8

[Grant Carter]

I think ya'll, and SMU, are confused

The Princeton review gave us the 7th MOST BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS in the country, not best athletic facilities......

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-bea ... ses-2014-8

SMU was ranked #7 in both categories according to the link posted above.

[Nacho]

what does princeton know about sports?
they should stick to ranking physics departments not phys ed departments.

[smupony94]

Princeton Review is not associated with the university

[fifty]

Here are 7 schools off the top of my head in 30seconds that have better athletics facilities. We are ahead of all these schools per their list. Moody is awesome but come on now.
Oregon
Arkansas
ATM
Penn St
USC
Nebraska
Texas

[Pony147]

Here is the direct link:
http://www.princetonreview.com/schoolli ... e=r&id=785

You have to sign up to see it, but it doesn't charge you.

Here is their explanation on how they get their rankings:
http://www.princetonreview.com/how-we-do-it.aspx

TL;DR, it's based off student surveys

[blackoutpony]

Here is the direct link:
http://www.princetonreview.com/schoolli ... e=r&id=785

You have to sign up to see it, but it doesn't charge you.

Here is their explanation on how they get their rankings:
http://www.princetonreview.com/how-we-do-it.aspx

TL;DR, it's based off student surveys

Some PF's must be stuffing the ballot box. haha

[PoconoPony]

Here are 7 schools off the top of my head in 30seconds that have better athletics facilities. We are ahead of all these schools per their list. Moody is awesome but come on now.
Oregon
Arkansas
ATM
Penn St
USC
Nebraska
Texas

Disagree with you on Arkansas, Penn. State and Nebraska.

[mrydel]

Arkansas has great facilities and they are in process of upgrading even more. The basketball players remarked they were the only players in the country who could sleep in their lockers. Football stadium was recently upgraded and expanded and they are doing it again right now. They have a lot of money and they are not afraid to spend it.

[ideal]

The basketball players remarked they were the only players in the country who could sleep in their lockers.

Why would they?

[East Coast Mustang]

Moody and Crum are nice but there is a 0% chance we have the seventh best athletic facilities in the country. Pretty much every P5 school has us beat.

Maybe they're referring to Dedman Student Life Center and athletic facilities for non-student athletes?