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BASKETBALL Portal Recap: First Thoughts on the 2025 Roster

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Excellent roster breakdown. I just wish we had some quality coaches to train our team this upcoming season.
I still stand by the idea that Middle Tennessee has had only one coach who made a positive impact on its roster in the years since Kermit's departure. MT's coaching staff's been relatively stable & the same during the CNM era except for one name, Turner Battle in the 2021-2022 season. Prior to coming hear Battle had coached along side coaches Jared Haase, Will Wade, & Greg Heiar. Pretty knowledgeable & successful coaches. Unfortunately Heiar later had the terrible situation to occur at NMSU, but nonetheless his prior coaching record had been stellar.
Too bad Turner Battle was never given the opportunity to be a head coach somewhere. I think his knowledge & skill as an assistant was very impactful on the 2021 squad. I have the feeling if he had stayed on we wouldn't have seen all those +25 point blow outs since his departure. Good coaches can make fair to decent players better. Average coaches allow average players to falter in their skill & development. While I wish the new team all the best. My fear is our current coaching staff represents the latter of the two skill sets.
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subkyle said:
The hotel will be a money generating business. They will either have a private developer front the money or will be able to charge rent to an operator.
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This is just an educated guess but I highly doubt the school is fronting the bill for the hotel. That’s likely tied to a private developer or the state.

Leveraging the use of the hotel for our hospitality management program will likely have an influx of money from the state. It’s something that we’re losing money by not having it on campus. Even if we are fronting the bill, which I doubt all of it is from us, we’re losing a lot of money that a lot of our peers have.
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MidTennMtneer said:
Logically, I get it.
The Murphy reno is supposed to have some luxury boxes that will absolutely increase revenue. I just am a football fan moreso than basketball, and want my favorite sport to get the best first. 🤣

By the same token, the IPF is a concrete pad, a pre-fab metal building with HVAC, and a turf field. Done. Seems easy, but im sure it isn't that simple though.

As said, revenue. Not to mention it will probably be used as training for the Hospitality Management program as well.
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i didn't know they had an actual hospitality management program. Makes sense.
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ewglenn said:
A little more for Murphy Center but not drastically. I would guess 5-10 million more. I think the thought process is that there will be opportunities to increase revenue with the Murphy Center renovations. The IPF is a need but it’s not going to bring in money. If needed there is the IPF at the soccer complex that can be rented for a small fee. I personally think the Murphy Center is more important for a ton of reasons.
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Logically, I get it.
The Murphy reno is supposed to have some luxury boxes that will absolutely increase revenue. I just am a football fan moreso than basketball, and want my favorite sport to get the best first. 🤣

By the same token, the IPF is a concrete pad, a pre-fab metal building with HVAC, and a turf field. Done. Seems easy, but im sure it isn't that simple though.
mtfblue said:
why not skip the hotel and do the indoor? It make sense to do it now while building the SPC.
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As said, revenue. Not to mention it will probably be used as training for the Hospitality Management program as well.
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ewglenn said:
A little more for Murphy Center but not drastically. I would guess 5-10 million more. I think the thought process is that there will be opportunities to increase revenue with the Murphy Center renovations. The IPF is a need but it’s not going to bring in money. If needed there is the IPF at the soccer complex that can be rented for a small fee. I personally think the Murphy Center is more important for a ton of reasons.
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why not skip the hotel and do the indoor? It make sense to do it now while building the SPC.
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DisgruntledAlum said:
Do we have the money to start the IPF vs the Murphy reno.?
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A little more for Murphy Center but not drastically. I would guess 5-10 million more. I think the thought process is that there will be opportunities to increase revenue with the Murphy Center renovations. The IPF is a need but it’s not going to bring in money. If needed there is the IPF at the soccer complex that can be rented for a small fee. I personally think the Murphy Center is more important for a ton of reasons.
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MidTennMtneer said:
I love seeing these vids, but man. We need our own IPF stat. Im glad we can use Siegel, but we are paying the fee when we could have our own.
I admit it is better than using Oakland's and having the Patriot logo splattered everywhere in the video background.

Phase 3 can't get here soon enough.

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Sad that majority of local high schools have IPF's, but not MT.
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BASKETBALL Courtney Blakely snubbed by Arizona coach after loss

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Immediately after the '22 season CAB & CRI posted a happy photo of her announcing her intentions of returning to MT the following year. Within days of that announcement Courtney announced her intentions of entering the portal.
This of course is all very legal. However what was very unique IMO was almost everyone who enters the portal usually is in it for at least 3-4 weeks prior to finding a new team to call home.
CAB literally entered the portal, & within the next day announced her transfer to Arizona.
It sounds like it all happened so quickly the Arizona head hunters weren't totally forthcoming & transparent to her about the consequences of her actions.
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