CSUN NOTEBOOK: MATADOME GETTING A GROWN-UP LOOK.Byline: Brian Dohn Daily News Staff Writer The Matadome got a new floor and scoreboard, then the men's basketball team got a new locker Things commonly known as lockers include:
Now, the next phase in turning the Cal State Northridge basketball and volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. facility from a glorified glo·ri·fy tr.v. glo·ri·fied, glo·ri·fy·ing, glo·ri·fies 1. To give glory, honor, or high praise to; exalt. 2. high school gym into a college gym is almost complete. Painting still must be done, but chair-back seats have been installed on one side of the gym and the prep-style bleachers have been supplanted with more-pleasing seats on the other side of the court. All of which makes the coaches who use the Matadome as a recruiting tool very happy. ``It's come a long way since I've been here,'' said third-year men's basketball coach Bobby Braswell Bobby Braswell, an American basketball coach, is currently the head coach for Cal State Northridge. Braswell was named the fourth head coach in Northridge history on April 30, 1996, succeeding the retired Pete Cassidy. . ``People don't realize the importance of facilities. It's one of the things student-athletes look at. It's not just if you play in front of people, but where you play.'' In changing the seat styles, more space was needed. Therefore, capacity went from 1,750 to 1,600. CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Paul Bubb said he didn't know the cost of the latest improvements to the Matadome because the funding came from several areas. However, the facility's transformation isn't complete. There are plans to add a second level of seats to the north side of the Matadome; it will be finished next summer, at the earliest. ``It helps with recruiting, and now our gym is a college gym and not a high school gym,'' said women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. coach Michael Abraham. ``They've made huge strides with what our limitations are here. For the first time, there's a sense of stability here.'' Canada, eh?: Unless prized recruit Rico Harris opts to leave school after one season at CSUN, the men's basketball team will remain pretty much intact next season. That makes next summer the perfect time to take one of those NCAA-sanctioned offseason trips so the team can get a few more weeks of practice and six exhibition games in which to build chemistry. So, tentative plans are being made by Braswell to travel to Canada next year. ``Certainly, a trip like that would benefit our program,'' Braswell said. ``It's also a great opportunity for our kids to see another country.'' Since games are still being lined up, a schedule isn't definitive, he said. Locker rooms coming: Another tool Abraham will be able to use in recruiting will be a new locker room for the women's team. The old one was recently knocked down and construction has begun on one that is less antiquated. It should be completed by winter. ``That's going to help a lot,'' Abraham said. ``The players spend so much time there. It's going to be nice.'' The men's team recently had its locker room redone re·done v. Past participle of redo. . |
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