Ken Bahnsen Center?

rockguitarist4life · October 2, 2008

Hey Guys,

I would like to know some details on our first regular season basketball game this year that is being played in the snake pit...!!! First of all, the snake pit is the old men's gymnasium correct? I'm not exactly sure where that is...please someone point me in the right direction so I can spread the word to students.

Thanks!

UNTflyer · October 2, 2008

It is the building directly north of the Pit.

TheTastyGreek · October 2, 2008

It is the building directly north of the Pit.

Fouts?

UNTLifer · October 2, 2008

Fouts?

That would be west.

The Ken Bahnsen Center is the older building "attached" to the south end of the PEB.

October 2, 2008

Flyer is right. It is north of the Super Pit. It faces on Highland, an east-west street.

It was originally known as the Men's Gymnasium, dubbed the "Snake Pit." It is now the Ken Bahnsen Center.

BleedGreen64 · October 2, 2008

Directaly across from the Quads.

NT80 · October 3, 2008

A couple indoor pics of the men's gym (note: It says seating 5,000...I don't think that's correct).......

http://www.discoverdenton.com/sfuntmensgym.shtml

Edited October 3, 2008 by NT80

Green Crazy · October 3, 2008

what's the point in playing here again?

UNTflyer · October 3, 2008

what's the point in playing here again?

The Pit is schedule for a robot battle royal that night.

bstnsportsfan3 · October 3, 2008

The Pit is schedule for a robot battle royal that night.

Thats what she said!

Buford_Julep · October 3, 2008

The Pit is schedule for a robot battle royal that night.

True.

It is also true that coach Jones has said he wanted to play a game there.

Quoner · October 3, 2008

True.
It is also true that coach Jones has said he wanted to play a game there.

I wonder if the people who run the Coliseum value our basketball program or robots more?

TheTastyGreek · October 3, 2008

I wonder if the people who run the Coliseum value our basketball program or robots more?

When the bleak dystopia of Terminator inevitably comes to pass... You'll all be glad that the Robots love North Texas.

Keep your degrees handy, and we might just be the only people spared.

NT80 · October 3, 2008

I wonder if the people who run the Coliseum value our basketball program or robots more?

The robots probably earn more revenue for NT than a game vs Cameron.

ADLER · October 3, 2008

The robots probably earn more revenue for NT than a game vs Cameron.

Thanks 80, now you've disappointed Cameron.

"Look don't make me participate in your stupid crap if you don't like the way I do it. You make me get out of bed, you make me come over here. You make me make a phony phone call to Edward Rooney? The man could squash my nuts into oblivion. And-and-and then, and then, you deliberately hurt my feelings."

NT80 · October 3, 2008

Thanks 80, now you've disappointed Cameron.

Just say NO to D-II or NAIA opponents. <_<

Edited October 3, 2008 by NT80

BleedGreen64 · October 3, 2008

I would love to see more games there. It will accomodate most of the crowds we draw and with the atmosphere and noise generated it ther it adds much to the game experience and is an aid to the team. Once we get people being turned away we can consider going back to the Super Pit. It s much more exciting for the fans and the team to have court packed with screaminf fans than one that is 2/3 empty.

Keith7 · October 3, 2008

I would love to see more games there. It will accomodate most of the crowds we draw and with the atmosphere and noise generated it ther it adds much to the game experience and is an aid to the team. Once we get people being turned away we can consider going back to the Super Pit. It s much more exciting for the fans and the team to have court packed with screaminf fans than one that is 2/3 empty.

I guess you didn't go to many games last year, at the majority of them, the pit was only 1/2 empty

UNTLifer · October 3, 2008

A couple indoor pics of the men's gym (note: It says seating 5,000...I don't think that's correct).......
http://www.discoverdenton.com/sfuntmensgym.shtml

Hopefully they will reinstall the bleachers along the sidelines that are missing from those photos. Don't know how they would do it, but they use to have the old wooden "roll out" bleachers along the sides and baselines plus the "upper deck."

untwillrise · October 4, 2008

Just Come To The Game!

It will be loud!

It will Be fun!

It will Be a win!

We will see every player we have!

CMJ · October 4, 2008

We beat Cameron by like 53 or something last year. I expect something akin to that this year. Hopefully we get to work all the newbies out, as we have Oklahoma State right after that.

NT80 · October 5, 2008

I would love to see more games there. It will accomodate most of the crowds we draw and with the atmosphere and noise generated it ther it adds much to the game experience and is an aid to the team. Once we get people being turned away we can consider going back to the Super Pit. It s much more exciting for the fans and the team to have court packed with screaminf fans than one that is 2/3 empty.

Uh no. The men's gym as configured today would not hold a normal NT basketball crowd. The seating and sound is terrible. One game and you will appreciate the Pit more than ever. And you might think about the concession and restroom facilities there too.

Mean Green Matt · October 5, 2008

I guess you didn't go to many games last year, at the majority of them, the pit was only 1/2 empty

That is a stretch. I did not look this up, but from what I can remember we only had 3 crowds over 5,000 last year, which would be half of the pit. Most of them were around 3500, which would it nearly 2/3 empty...but it WAS 3/2 rowdy...

jimmyjames_99 · October 6, 2008

That is a stretch. I did not look this up, but from what I can remember we only had 3 crowds over 5,000 last year, which would be half of the pit. Most of them were around 3500, which would it nearly 2/3 empty...but it WAS 3/2 rowdy...

3/2 rowdy is a wild overstatement!!!

It was more like 5/4 rowdy.

MDH · October 6, 2008

I'm looking forward to this just for something different. I say the team wears throwback vintage jerseys and we all come dressed in 60's attire (someone will have to fill me in one what they wore back then...two decades before my time)