Coastal Carolina University's New Arena

[GSP Tiger]

Does anyone know the status of Coastal Carolina's new arena? I know the Myrtle Beach Pride (formerly the Pee Dee Pride) hope to begin play there in late 2006.

[GSP Tiger]

Link: Shifting road leads to future arena

The Myrtle Beach, SC Sun News (01/05/2006)

University Boulevard is being realigned to make room for the new arena.

[The_sandlapper]

Man I think Coastal will be the next SC university to hit "big time"! I see a spot for them in Conference USA in the next 10 to 15 years. It's scary to think what Myrtle Beach will become in that time.

[krazeeboi]

Man I think Coastal will be the next SC university to hit "big time"! I see a spot for them in Conference USA in the next 10 to 15 years.

Not before Winthrop. I really think the talent of the men's basketball team is beginning to outgrow the Big South Conference.

[Greenville]

Among SC schools, couldn't College of Charleston also be a candidate to be the next to hit it "big time" in hoops?

[The_sandlapper]

Yeah I could see C of C., Actually Winthrop I didnn't think of but I guess so as well. I didn't think Furman, Wofford, or SC St would because they have been small schools for such a long time. One of the main reasons I thought of Coastal was because of its rapid growth since breaking away from the USC system.

[krazeeboi]

Wow, I didn't know that Coastal was part of the USC system.

The Winthrop men's basketball team has the 4th longest streak of home court wins in the nation and entered the NCAA tournament last year with the longest winning streak of any of the teams. The goal is for the team to become something of a "mid-major" team, something like Gonzaga has done.

The baseball team has had a few good seasons recently as well.

[monsoon]

Yeah it was once known as USC-Coastal. I don't remember why they broke away from the USC system, but I am surprise that it has flourished as well as it has as an independent school.

[goodbye]

How many seats will this new arena have?

[Spartan]

Wow, I didn't know that Coastal was part of the USC system.

I find that amusing since that is the only fact that I know about Coastal Carolina