Looks like the Sanderson Center is getting a facelift:
https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2024/02/msus-sanderson-center-undergo-25m-renovation
https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2024/02/msus-sanderson-center-undergo-25m-renovation
Funny. A friend and I actually signed up for badminton freshman year to fulfill our fraternal duties. We got our asses skunked by some foreigners. I don't think we ever made contact with the birdie.Good news. Right in the middle of badminton season though. Where will the Pakistanis practice?
I was embarrassed by how bad I was the only time I tried.Funny. A friend and I actually signed up for badminton freshman year to fulfill our fraternal duties. We got our asses skunked by some foreigners. I don't think we ever made contact with the birdie.
I used to play ping pong with the foreign students in Hamlim Hall. Over the year that I continued to play and got pretty good. The Chinese guys that I played against held the paddle upside down. The Indian guys held it like we do but they were very good. I preservered while a lot of other American guys just said, "I'm Outta here!"I was embarrassed by how bad I was the only time I tried.
You never got to experience The Tin Gym.The Sanderson needs it. The facility itself is still plenty nice, but their usage of space is questionable at best.
Weight room is way too small, the main corridor feels unnecessarily big (waste of space), and half of the racquetball courts are always empty (and they seldom get used for raquetball).
I'd love to see them add one more basketball court but I doubt it'll happen.
You never got to experience The Tin Gym.
I am grateful for the Sanderson, don't get me wrong. However, everytime I walk in there I question how they managed to use such large of a space so poorly.You never got to experience The Tin Gym.
Saw Rupp coach there and Maravich play there. The crowd was "up close and personal" to the court and Rupp hated the place.You never got to experience The Tin Gym.
Wouldn't that have been McCarthy Gym (not the Tin Gym)?Saw Rupp coach there and Maravich play there. The crowd was "up close and personal" to the court and Rupp hated the place.
Nah, Pete was playing intramurals.Wouldn't that have been McCarthy Gym (not the Tin Gym)?
Thatās my story too. I thought I was good & I used to dominate at JCJC BSU. But Iām sure those guys would have destroyed me.I was a pretty decent ping ponger back in the day, but I never played no furriners so maybe I wasnāt as good as I thought.
I won the intramural tennis tourney one year. But then another time I was paired against this 40 year old pot bellied bearded Turkish grad student. I think he may have smoked a cigarette while he beat me.Thatās my story too. I thought I was good & I used to dominate at JCJC BSU. But Iām sure those guys would have destroyed me.
similar story in tennis. I thought I was pretty decent, so I entered the MSU intramural tournament. I drew a bye & played a couple of weak players. Next thing I knew I was in the round of 16. I knew in warmups I was in trouble. First serve if the match & I fouled it straight back over the fence behind me. Lost 6-0 6-1. The one game I won he had 2 double faults & an error. I really only won 1 point.
That was McCarthy, not the Tin Gym.Saw Rupp coach there and Maravich play there. The crowd was "up close and personal" to the court and Rupp hated the place.
Never used the Sanderson much other than to play basketball now and again. I feel like people have said itās subpar for 15 years now. What is wrong with it/how could it be improved?I am grateful for the Sanderson, don't get me wrong. However, everytime I walk in there I question how they managed to use such large of a space so poorly.
You are exactly right...my bad. Hell I'm old enough without making myself older.Wouldn't that have been McCarthy Gym (not the Tin Gym)?
Itās like rock climbing.So what exactly is a "bouldering cave" that will be constructed from an existing racquetball court? Some kind of new bomb shelter?
That was also McCarthy. I WISH I had been at that Skynard concert. That was before my time but it had legendary status around the GTR area.I never played basketball. My only two experiences with the Tin Gym were class registration every semester (before computers - Iām old) and I saw Lynard Skynard (original band before the plane crash) in concert there. Freebird was even more awesome than you can imagine. Music Maker Productions used to have good concerts.
Rock climbing without ropes. Shorter walls, a bunch of different routes, overhangs, etc.So what exactly is a "bouldering cave" that will be constructed from an existing racquetball court? Some kind of new bomb shelter?
You don't like shuttlecocks?**Funny. A friend and I actually signed up for badminton freshman year to fulfill our fraternal duties. We got our asses skunked by some foreigners. I don't think we ever made contact with the birdie.
Yeah, we need to build a cricket oval. it could also be used for Aussie Rules Football. Maybe we could win a natty in one of those!But cricket still has to be played on the drill field