Is Basketball PDC fully operational?
I'm curious if the Player Development Center (PDC) is completed and fully operational. Last I heard, they were using the offices, locker rooms, and I think the weight room and treatment areas, but the new gym area had problems with the floor that delayed things. Is that all done yet?
I also was curious about where they put visiting teams for locker facilities. Is something built in to the PDC, or do they just put visitors in the same visitor's locker facilities they used at Crisler previously? Are they doing anything with the old home locker room, now that the team has moved their locker facilities to the PDC? Where do they do postgame pressers, etc.?
December 13th, 2011 at 10:02 AM ^
The pdc is almost fully operational, there are only some small things left. The visiting locker room is now in the um old locker rooms
December 13th, 2011 at 11:22 AM ^
UM has new locker rooms and the vistors are now using UM's old locker room - so what happens to the old visitors locker room?
December 13th, 2011 at 12:04 PM ^
seems most likely
December 13th, 2011 at 12:23 PM ^
locker room is now the storage site for dusty banners from 1992-1998.
December 13th, 2011 at 10:04 AM ^
They are now practicing on the floor, I believe.
December 13th, 2011 at 10:06 AM ^
Any links to pics of them using the new gym?
December 13th, 2011 at 10:48 AM ^
This photo was posted on December 5 via umichbball twitter with this caption: "Practice courts are finished and being played on in the PDC"
Also possibly of interest, both the men's and women's teams are having a "PDC Dedication Night" at games in in early January—the women's on Jan. 7, the men's on Jan. 8. From the men's basketball promotions page at mgoblue.com:
PDC Dedication Night -- A special presentation will be held as we dedicate the brand new Player Development Center!
December 13th, 2011 at 10:10 AM ^
And you wrote it. Could say great minds, but that is an overreach.
For our deathstar to be fully operational, able to destroy and obliterate others, I think we will need McGary to add to the shooting firepower.
December 13th, 2011 at 11:40 AM ^
A hockeybearesque movie begins to form in my mind...
December 13th, 2011 at 10:14 AM ^
I am glad I am not the only nerd on this site.
December 13th, 2011 at 10:43 AM ^
I'm pretty sure you're safe there.
December 13th, 2011 at 11:08 AM ^
we are afterall, on the internets.
December 13th, 2011 at 11:32 AM ^
I am glad I am not the only nerd on this site.
I was told it was a requirement when I signed up for this.
December 13th, 2011 at 1:52 PM ^
I ain't no nerd
December 13th, 2011 at 11:19 AM ^
I read your header: The Death Star fully operational with a Senator Palpatine voice in my head
December 13th, 2011 at 11:52 AM ^
For the PDC to be comparable to the Deathstar would imply that it has a fatal vulnerability. I reject that possibility on basic principle, this is Michigan fergodsakes.
Nobody will be bullseyeing wamprats on this motherf*#*ker that you very much.
December 13th, 2011 at 12:04 PM ^
All of it is fully operational. Visitors used to be in the wrestling locker room. They are now in old men's locker room. (or old women's for women's opponents). The cheerleaders get the other locker room depending on if a men or womens game with officials in the wrestling lockerroom. Officials used to be up in the football coaches lockerroom IIRC.
December 13th, 2011 at 3:53 PM ^
Lloyd Brady did it;
in the old Visitor's locker room;
with the Tacopants.