WVII speaks with Ralph about sports facilities plan
WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Ken Ralph, director of athletics at the University of Maine, about the university’s sports “facilities master plan.” One of Ralph’s goals is to have every sport playing on campus. He said UMaine is exploring different renovation and building plans for all its facilities and sports teams, and that the space is there but it’s a question of funding. The basketball teams are included in the plan even though they are committed to playing off campus at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor until 2023, WVII reported. “Certainly basketball is going to be a part of that picture,” Ralph said. “But it can be anything from an on-campus facility to a practice facility to where we can continue to play at the Cross. It’s been a great home for us, the hard thing for us is it’s off campus and it’s hard for our students to get there.”