Ohio success and moves seem to be a hot topic on other teams forums. 

Zippy fans are in denial.  They have been trying to convince themselves that Ohio will fail miserably...from hopes of DJ Cooper leaving and Ohio's team imploding to Jim Christian creating a team of drunk inmates. Their best response is give Keith Dambrot a raise.  I love that the top two discussions on their forum and five of the top nine discussions are on Ohio basketball.

Miami fans seem resigned to having any thing competitive in the near future.  They have no idea what their AD is doing and why he hasn't even found a coach in 5 weeks when we found one in 5 days.

Kent fans seem happy JC is back in the MAC.  They don't see their administration stepping up to the plate like Ohio's has, especially when they had they chance to do that 4 years ago when Kent's program was going strong.

Buffalo fans feel trapped by Witherspoon...he's good enough to keep his job, but not good enough to lead them through the MAC tournament.

I don't see much from the other schools..basketball's not a hot topic in the West after most of those teams were very bad.

Some of the Miami fans said they'd return their diplomas if that happens..but it'd be a lot of fun...not in a Charlie Coles way of fun though... there was one young fan who said "I don't know who this Hipshire (sic) guy is, but if Bobby Knight endorses him, I say we get him."

Athens Messenger - Ohio taking aim at a new level

Cleveland Plain Dealer - Ohio University hoping to build on recent success with hiring of new basketball coach Jim Christian

Akron Beacon Journal - Marla Ridenour: Christian’s hiring at Ohio University puts MAC foes on notice

Ravenna Record-Courier - Ohio University ups the ante in MAC men's basketball

Thanks for the links Ted.

Any chance we can get an update on the 'Links' page to the other MAC boards.  A few of them appear to be dead (WMU), and there isn't a link to the Kent board (csnbbs.com).  Always appreciated.

Yeah, I didn't understand that one either. 

And we also should give tribute to those who came before and built the foundation for the current success and potential for future growth.  All the players and coaches from the past several years. 

Is this a factual statement? Not trying to be nitpicky, just curious. How does BG's upgraded facility compare?

Nice read

Hence the word INTENT....the administration has shown their intention to become the flagship of the MAC.  Whether that happens, we will see, but it does not change the fact that we appear to be putting more money into our programs than the rest of the league

I understand.

I should probably say Gameday facility. Ball State likes to think the have the best but the upper decks are metal bleachers and very uncomfy. I still stand in the Convo on a friday night or early sunday morning when all is quiet and look around with such awe. 13K chairbacks...great sightlines. It is an awesome facility....

As for overall facilities. The  basketball offices were redone a few years back and just need some minor tweaks (nothing like Kent obviously), new training area is nice and provides the neccessities even though there is no connection to the locker rooms and athletes have to leave the locker rooms walk down the hall, get taped and then go back out in the hall (seems like a little thing but inefficiencies add up over the course of every wasted moevement),

Locker room project needs completed. We still lack that practice gym and weight/agility Purdue just added to their version of the Convo but the guys can continue to do their warm ups. stretching and shooting drills then get their sweats and jackets on and jog across to the well equipped weight room in Peden, complete their  weight and agility work out and then bundle back up to go back across the street to continue practice and then watch scout film and clear out before the girls team or volleyball starts their block of time doing the same regimen complete with bundling and unbundling to get back and forth to Peden. ...so yes, Anderson definitely has some real advantages to the programs when it comes to convenience, time management and exposure to the elements with kids who dont want to wear a hat like our moms told us so many times to  do...... but yeah, when you are a recruit all you are gonna do is walk in Kent, Kron or even toledo then walk in the Convo and look up .....at that point we should be the winner hands down....best atmosphere ( and thats when it is empty) Bring em to a game and we def have the best facility....

EDIT.....I beleive ....and some others here can help out.... but if you have never been down in the guts of the COnvo I am pretty sure you get a pretty nice tour in the month of November.....especially once you have made your contributions to the Bobcat Club....

I dunno I like the clean look. But faux Athens Brick on the wall with a new coach that may bring in kids who wil "run through a brick wall" for him.  Sounds right to me......welxome to the friendly confines.

In terms of fixing up the Convo, please, please, please before next season replace all those faded photos of Ohio greats with new prints that are done with fade resistant inks or dyes.   To see a picture of someone like Mike Schmidt that looks like it was taken circa 1865 is a real embarrassment.  Not sure if Mike's is the best example, but there are a number of photos that are just plain embarrassing.  If we are going to be first class, we should honor our past heroes and heroines in a classy fashion!  It really gives a bad first impression to someone walking in the front door of the Convo to see that trashy display on the wall.