Bus for Road Trip to Tennessee Tech Game on May 9th

As it turns out, it looks like the Atlanta Dream is going to get a bus together to take fans from Atlanta to the Tennessee Tech game.

However, you have to contact Lauren Brooks at 678-510-7469. Either that, or e-mail Lauren.Brooks@AtlantaDream.net. Offer expires March 19th...wait a second...that's tomorrow! If you're looking for a free ride, you need to give Lauren a call or drop her a line.

UPDATE: It doesn't look like the trip is free, tho. A fan had the following comment:


Season Ticket Holder Road Trip!
As the Dream kicks off its preseason this year at Tennessee Tech, we would like to organize a trip for our season ticket holders to travel to Cookeville to support the team! The game is scheduled for Sunday, May 9 at 3 pm CT. The package for this trip would include a round trip bus ride and ticket to the Dream-Mystics game. If you are interested in attending, please contact Lauren Brooks at 678-510-7469 or Lauren.Brooks@AtlantaDream.net. Please specify the anticipated number of people attending. The estimated price for this trip is $40, but please note that we must meet a minimum attendance requirement in order to move forward with the trip.

However, it is posted on the Atlanta Dream web site without reference to season ticket holders. I'd just call or send an e-mail if I had questions.

Atlanta Dream Preseason Game to Be Played at Tennessee Tech

More has been revealed about the 2010 Atlanta Dream season. The Dream will be playing a preseason game on Sunday, May 9th at 3 pm. However, it will not take place at Philips Arena in Atlanta. Rather, it will take place at the Eblen Center in Cookeville, Tennessee - the home of Tennessee Tech basketball. The Dream will take on the Washington Mystics in their second pre-season game of 2010.

The Mother's Day game will be the first professional basketball game ever played at the Eblen Center.

Why there? Well, let the article tell you:

Meadors was a head coach at Tennessee Tech and Florida State for a combined 30 years. She was the first head coach in Tech history, establishing the women’s program and posting a .723 winning percentage. She was twice named OVC Coach of the Year, leading Tech to four Ohio Valley Conference championships and was the first major women’s college coach to win 350 games at one school.

Meadors wasn't just a head coach at Tenneseee Tech, she started the women's basketball program there, along with other sports programs. She's virtually the Founding Mother of Tennessee Tech women's sports.

The game does have some Dream fans riled up, particularly those who don't want to make the trip. Furthermore, with the threat of a relocation hanging over the Dream's head at the end of 2009, fans are undoubtedly hesitant about the Dream showing itself off to Tennessee.

However, you have to remember that fans from the University of Tennessee came out to fill Philips Arena during the Atlanta/Los Angeles game last year. The people of Tennessee showed interest and it makes sense for the Dream to cater to that interest. Coach Meadors gets to help out her former university. It all makes sense to me.

And of course, it also means...ROAD TRIP!

Two Coaches from Tennessee Tech

An article in the Cookeville (TN) Herald-Citizen interviews two head coaches of Tennessee Tech.

The new coach? Sytia Messer, a former player from Arkansas. The emeritus coach? ...Marynell Meadors.

The veteran coach had her own advice to give the newly minted Golden Eagle coach. "Come up with your game plan," Meadors said. "Get the players that can fit your system. If you do that, you're going to be a winner. A lot of hard work and dedication is what it's going to take."