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Leatherneck Madness Event
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:34 pm
by ST_Lawson
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.
Re: Leatherneck Madness Event
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 9:02 am
by sealhall74
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.
Re: Leatherneck Madness Event
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 12:25 pm
by wiu712
Western Athletics is advising that you will be able to follow along on their Social Stadium site:
http://wiu.sidearmsocial.com/social/
Re: Leatherneck Madness Event
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:38 am
by wiu712
Big crowd. A fun evening.
Re: Leatherneck Madness Event
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:53 am
by sealhall74
That RR-B dunk was sick in the very best way.
Re: Leatherneck Madness Event
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:08 pm
by wiu712
Both head coaches (Bill Wright and J.D. Gravina) gave good talks to the crowd and encouraged a strong student presence at the games.
Re: Leatherneck Madness Event
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 1:59 pm
by Neckfansince71
Did the event send people home happy and excited about Leatherneck BBall? It looked like one whole side was filled?
jc
Re: Leatherneck Madness Event
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:05 pm
by wiu712
Neckfansince71 wrote:Did the event send people home happy and excited about Leatherneck BBall?
I would say "YES".
Re: Leatherneck Madness Event
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:37 pm
by ST_Lawson
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.