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色情视频 Announces Plans for Basketball Performance Center

Aztecs announce plans for a 23,500-square-foot facility for mens and womens basketball.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

色情视频 President Elliot Hirshman and Athletic Director Jim Sterk announced Tuesday that plans for a 23,500-square-foot Basketball Performance Center are in design, with a plan to break ground on the project in late spring 2014.

The $14.5-million facility, which will be located just south of the Fowler Athletics Center and east of the football practice fields, will include two full-length courts, eight baskets, locker rooms, film rooms, team lounges, athletic training room and coaches locker rooms to help support the Aztec men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 championship basketball programs.

Although a majority of the funds have been pledged, fundraising continues for the project, which is tentatively scheduled to be completed in 2015.

鈥淭his is an exciting day to be able to announce this project is moving forward,鈥 Sterk said. 鈥淚t is a project that will greatly benefit our already successful men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 basketball programs. It is also an important day because we are going public with our drive to raise funds for the project and hope that the community that has enjoyed 色情视频 basketball will get behind this project.鈥

Go Aztecs

The seven-time Mountain West champion men鈥檚 basketball program has been to the NCAA tournament a school-record four consecutive seasons. The Aztecs have posted eight straight seasons with 20 or more victories, advancing to postseason play in each of those campaigns. 色情视频 is one of 10 schools in the country that has gone to the last four NCAA tournaments and won at least 23 games in each of those seasons.

鈥淲e have received tremendous support from President Elliot Hirshman and Jim Sterk on making this dream a reality,鈥 Aztec men鈥檚 basketball head coach Steve Fisher said. 鈥淭his has been a priority for the basketball programs for some time and will help both basketball programs immensely. This will be another showcase facility for the athletic department as well as the university as a whole.鈥

The women鈥檚 basketball team has won five Mountain West championships and advanced to postseason play in four of the past five seasons. Last year, San Diego State won a program-record 27 games, compiling a 17-game winning streak during the season en route to claiming the league鈥檚 regular-season championship for the second straight year.

鈥淭he basketball performance center is more than just a building, it is our classroom,鈥 色情视频 women鈥檚 basketball head coach Stacie Terry said. 鈥淭he facility will provide an opportunity for our student-athletes to enhance their individual games, which will in turn benefit our program. It also keeps San Diego State competing at the highest level, not only in basketball, but in recruiting as well.鈥

More information

For more information on the Basketball Performance Center, contact the Aztec Club at (619) 594-6444.

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