$9 million in the pot

Bergermeister · Post by **Bergermeister** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:26 am

I understand SMU has $9,000,000.00 raised/pledged toward the basketball practice facility. That is a "so far" amount... we may end up with a little "extra" to make a few cosmetic changes to Moody before the BIG Moody push is on. Not bad for an AD-elect who doesn't have his name on the door yet.

93Mustang · Post by **93Mustang** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:40 am

I've heard similar reports. The reality is, without the Doherty hiring, this project would have never gotten funded so quickly. Let's hope they break ground quickly and let the basketabll coaches use it as a recruiting tool.

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:10 am

We don't know if that's the case or not. Certainly it is an impetus, but there is nothing to say that Orsini couldn't have really turned up the heat for this once he came on board regardless of who the coach was. I think Orsini would have gotten it done.

hoopfan · Post by **hoopfan** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:11 am

ive heard that they are trying raising 12 million, is all of this just for the practice facility or is it also goin to go to moody or some other basketball improvements

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:32 am

hoopfan wrote:ive heard that they are trying raising 12 million, is all of this just for the practice facility or is it also goin to go to moody or some other basketball improvements

punctuation?
Chances are the 12mil is for reno and the new practice facility. Turner [Construction] built the embrey building for 15mil, OTD, and I figure a practice facility is a lot simpler than the building housing RCAM. Although, I might be underestimating the cost of the facility.

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:40 am

smu diamond m wrote:
hoopfan wrote:ive heard that they are trying raising 12 million, is all of this just for the practice facility or is it also goin to go to moody or some other basketball improvements

punctuation?
Chances are the 12mil is for reno and the new practice facility. Turner [Construction] built the embrey building for 15mil, OTD, and I figure a practice facility is a lot simpler than the building housing RCAM. Although, I might be underestimating the cost of the facility.

Reno?

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:42 am

couch 'em wrote:
smu diamond m wrote:
hoopfan wrote:ive heard that they are trying raising 12 million, is all of this just for the practice facility or is it also goin to go to moody or some other basketball improvements

punctuation?
Chances are the 12mil is for reno and the new practice facility. Turner [Construction] built the embrey building for 15mil, OTD, and I figure a practice facility is a lot simpler than the building housing RCAM. Although, I might be underestimating the cost of the facility.

Reno?

I'm a lazy typer. Renovations.

mr. pony · Post by **mr. pony** » Thu May 04, 2006 6:01 pm

[quote="hoopfan"]ive heard that they are trying raising 12 million, is all of this just for the practice facility or is it also goin to go to moody or some other basketball improvements[/quote]

Boaf.

Post by **PonyPride** » Thu May 04, 2006 8:29 pm

I also have heard the fund-raising is going extremely well.
Let's hope the rumors are true.

Water Pony · Post by **Water Pony** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:04 pm

Before Steve Orini, only $2M had been committed. By the time we got Doherty, it doubled to $4M. If it now $9M, the speed of progress is very impressive.

Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex · Thu May 04, 2006 10:23 pm

I was told by a very reliable source that a 5 million dollar donation was announced at the b-ball banquet just a couple of days ago, so it does appear that there is some legitimacy to the 9 million figure.

RGV Pony · Post by **RGV Pony** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:34 pm

did that reliable source say who it was from? I checked my checkbook register and...well...it wasn't me. This time.

Pony_Fan · Post by **Pony_Fan** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:38 pm

That is excellent to hear. It's about f'in time. We would have not have seen this without changes.

Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex · Thu May 04, 2006 10:42 pm

RGV Pony wrote:did that reliable source say who it was from? I checked my checkbook register and...well...it wasn't me. This time.

I meant to ask him but I didn't get a chance. He just mentioned it to me out of the blue.

gostangs · Post by **gostangs** » Fri May 05, 2006 9:19 pm

if they have 9 out of 12 they will start immediately.