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          Release: 05/11/2009
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Bob Devaney Sports Center

 

NEW!!! Information on the Huskers' new practice facility will be posted when available during the summer of 2009.

Named after longtime athletic director and football coach Bob Devaney, the Bob Devaney Sports Center is home to the Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball, gymnastics, women’s swimming and diving, track and field and wrestling teams.

The Bob Devaney Sports Center received extensive renovations in 2000, featuring two HuskerVision replay screens, hustle stat boards and digital message boards. The new sound system, lighting system and ring of honor add to the atmosphere in the arena, as does the addition of chairback seating on the arena floor.

Also in 2000, fans at the Devaney Center saw the addition of a Husker Hall of Fame and a Husker Walk of Fame. The displays in the concourse areas highlight more than 100 years of Nebraska athletics and more than 25 years of women’s athletics at the university. In 2004, courtside seating was put in place, giving the Devaney Center an added home-court advantage with fans closer to the action.

With a capacity of 13,595, the Devaney Center has hosted numerous NCAA postseason events since opening its doors in 1976. The Husker men’s basketball team has enjoyed playing on the Devaney Center court, as NU has an all-time record of 398-125 (.761) at home. Nebraska has posted less than eight home victories just once (1976-77) in the 33-year history of the Devaney Center.

The Husker men’s basketball team has seen recent renovations to the team’s locker room and ready room, as well as in the coaches’ offices. Renovations in the locker room in 2007 included new lockers for players and an upgrade in the player lounge area to seat more players at one time comfortably. A year earlier in the fall of 2006, the coaches offices and reception area also underwent a significant renovation. In 2004, the court was refinished, and was redesigned for just the third time ever, giving it a more classic look.

The Devaney Center boasts a top-notch weight room in the facility, making strength training a useful tool before or after practice. The weight room is part of three weight rooms available to NU student-athletes, as the Husker Power program is the model of excellence in strength training for schools around the nation.

 

Devaney Center Quick Facts

Games:  523 in 33 seasons

Record (through 2008-09):  398-125 (.761)

Overtime Record:  18-5 (.783)

Most Consecutive Home Winning Seasons:  33, 1976-77-present

Most Home Games, Season:  19, 2005-06 and 2007-08

Most Wins in Devaney Center, Season:  17, 1982-83

Most Home Wins, Season:  17, 1982-83; 17, 2007-08* (*includes one game at Qwest Center Omaha)

Most Home Losses, Season:  6, eight times

Most Consecutive Home Wins: 16, last four games of 1982 first 12 of 1983, ended

     by Missouri, 54-51, Feb. 26, 1983

Most Consecutive Home Losses:  4, ended against Kansas State, March  3, 1996

    4, ended against Kansas State, Feb. 25, 2003

Most Consecutive Home Conference Wins: 8, last three games of 1982, first five games of

    1983, ended by Missouri, 54-51, Feb. 26, 1983 (excludes tournament games)

Most Consecutive Home Conference Losses: 5, last two games of 1988, first three of 1989,
    ended
vs. Kansas, 74-70, Feb. 4, 1989

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