Leatherneck Madness Event

Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:34 pm

Just saw this...apparently they're starting up a "preseason" event to introduce the students to the basketball teams. Looks like a lot of fun.

sealhall74 · Tue Oct 28, 2014 9:02 am

Any intra-squad scrimmage going on? I see there is also a Town Hall meeting at the union for students tonight starting at 6pm. Hope that is a short one (probably not likely if it is actually a good town hall meeting) and everyone is encouraged to make the trek to Western Hall after it is over.

Also hope they have some highlights of this on the All-Access channel.

wiu712 · Tue Oct 28, 2014 12:25 pm

Western Athletics is advising that you will be able to follow along on their Social Stadium site:
http://wiu.sidearmsocial.com/social/

wiu712 · Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:38 am

Big crowd. A fun evening.

sealhall74 · Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:53 am

That RR-B dunk was sick in the very best way.

wiu712 · Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:08 pm

Both head coaches (Bill Wright and J.D. Gravina) gave good talks to the crowd and encouraged a strong student presence at the games.

Neckfansince71 · Wed Oct 29, 2014 1:59 pm

Did the event send people home happy and excited about Leatherneck BBall? It looked like one whole side was filled?

jc

wiu712 · Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:05 pm

Neckfansince71 wrote:Did the event send people home happy and excited about Leatherneck BBall?

I would say "YES".

Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:37 pm

Checked out some of the videos from the event (There's youtube and instagram videos on the Sidearm site).
Gotta say, sounds like there's a lot of excitement about this coming season.
I especially like the video of Coach Wright hitting the half-court shot and then the team members coming over to him. Coach Mo was a great guy and pretty much exactly what we needed at the time, but you could tell he was getting tired and worn down from all of it. Coach Wright seems to have brought some new energy to the program that we haven't seen in a while.