Awesome Basketball
by Zippy on 3/6/22Yuengling Center - TampaSaw two teams play hard for 60 minutes. Great action.
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University of South Florida Bulls at Yuengling Center
The Bulls men's basketball team saw their home undergo a name change to the Yuengling Center in July 2018. It had been called the University of South Florida Sun Dome since 1980. The Yuengling Center can hold 10,411 fans. The rebranding was fueled by a 10-year naming rights deal between the university and D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc, owner of a venerated brewery near the USF campus in Tampa, Florida.
USF Bulls Men's Basketball History
The first season of the men's basketball team came in 1971, with its first Division I campaign coming in 1973-74 as an independent. The Bulls remained independent until joining the Sun Belt Conference from 1976 to 1991. From there, USF competed in the Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference (1991-95), Conference USA (1995-2005) and Big East (2005-13). The Bulls have since played within the American Athletic Conference.
Head coach Brian Gregory, who'd previously coached at Dayton and Georgia Tech, arrived in Tampa in 2017. The 2018-19 team under Gregory set the all-time program record for wins in a single season with 24-14.
Bobby Paschal was the program's all-time winningest head coach despite having a losing 127-159 overall record from 1987 to 1996. Paschal guided the Bulls to two NCAA tournament appearances, as a No. 15 seed in 1990 and a No. 11 in 1992.
ESPN analyst Seth Greenberg coached the Bulls from 1996 to 2003 before leaping to the Virginia Tech Hokies. At USF, Greenberg went 108-100 but never made the NCAA tournament.
Charlie Bradley is the most heralded Bulls men's basketball alumnus. Bradley's No. 30 became the first retired jersey number in program history on Feb. 14, 1987. He was the all-time leading scorer, with 2,319 career points from 1981-85.
USF, founded in 1956, had as its original nickname the Golden Brahmans because of Florida's cattle industry. It was shortened to the Bulls in the late '80s.
Saw two teams play hard for 60 minutes. Great action.
My team lost but the stadium is amazing, great customer service and fun time…great price too!
Convenient parking, no hassle security& ticket entry made this basketball game experience pleasant.
Good atmosphere and venue. The 70’s themed entertainment was fun addition to the basketball game. Food was good but not great (no ice cream offered)
Once in the arena really enjoyed the atmosphere, cleanliness, and concessions. Ticket options were little restrictive. Choices were either mobile or will-call. Chose will-call because was giving them as gifts for people to attend. Unfortunately will-call was only going to open 1 hour before tip-off which is same time as doors open.
Very exciting game and the seats were amazing. The small crowd was electric. Players worked their butts off.
Loved watching my team come into my town and win the game!
The Yuengling Center is a nice place to catch a basketball game. Plenty of parking. Quick ticket window. Nice Yuengling Beer Garden and plenty of food at reasonable prices. Comfortable seats with cup holders.
Seats were awesome Atmosphere was great Great seeing Penny Hardaway - USF own Charlie Bradley Fun with friends
Great price for third row seats and a buffet in the box. Will definitely go again!
Sun Dome was a great facility except for our seats! We were apparently on the “cut through” to the student section and spent half of the first period having people walk right in front of us (even though they had their own stairwell) I have a special needs son so I always pay more to have tickets in the front row so he can move around. This was totally negated because kids were too lazy to walk to their own stairwell & they didn’t have any seat attendants watching to make sure people were going to their own sections. Kinda ruined my son’s birthday surprise. Otherwise the game was great.
Great night I had a chance to talk with one of our former players from Putnam Science Academy Basketball Team.
If you are a USF Bulls fan then the outcome was not a happy one. However for the incredible view, the excellent sound quality and excitement of live basketball, the price of the ticket was well worth it. There are some sports that are just better in person than on the tube and this is one of them. Kudos for the Sundome for the event and for maintaining an excellent sports venue right on the USF campus. Tampa sports fans need to fill this arena and help support USF.
Food selections were less than adequate. Burgers were too well done and dry
USF kept the score close to the number 16 team in the country. The game experience was great for my 8-year old and my wife. Half time was very fun too. We will be back!
This was my first college basketball game and it was a lot of fun. Both myself and my wife enjoyed ourselves.
Great place to watch some basketball! Nice people. Cool giveaways. Exciting team. Awesome campus!
It was great to watch the big guys match up in a real battle for the paint. Couple of NBA prospects in the red shirts numbers 0 and 1.
Seats were great. Venue is nice. UConn won! Easy parking and access
Looks like the USF crew isn't used to crowds like the one that turned out for this game. Ingress was a bit of a problem. Egress was worse. My seat was pretty good and I was settled down to enjoy the game but suddenly hundreds of students moved into the open seats in our section. Security did nothing to address that, so I moved to another section and enjoyed the game from the other end of the building. Overall, I was underwhelmed and likely won't go back.