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title: Basketball Performance Center Breaks Ground
date: 2023-09-14T09:15:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://terp.umd.edu/basketball-performance-center-breaks-ground"
section: Articles
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# Basketball Performance Center Breaks Ground

*September 14, 2023* — by [Terp Staff](/authors/terp-staff)


- *Renderings courtesy of Maryland Athletics*
- *Photo by Mackenzie Miles/Maryland Athletics*

> Facility Will House Practice Court, Locker Rooms, Strength and Conditioning Areas, and More

*Rendering of new basketball performance center*

As a shot clock reached zero outside the Xfinity Center, a giant banner dropped to reveal Maryland’s two head basketball coaches taking charge, but not of their teams. Brenda Frese and Kevin Willard each grinned from behind the wheels of giant excavators, and right on cue, both dug into a mound of dirt in front of them.

The temporary construction crew’s inaugural scoops, which were met by cheers and confetti at the June event, marked the groundbreaking for the [Barry P. Gossett Basketball Performance Center](https://static.umterps.com/custompages/bpc/index.html), a practice facility for the men’s and women’s teams.

“We have storied basketball programs at the University of Maryland, and this facility will be a catalyst for future success representing the best possible environment for our student-athletes to succeed academically, athletically and socially,” Barry P. Gossett Director of Athletics Damon Evans said at the ceremony, which was emceed by ESPN host Scott Van Pelt ’88. He thanked Gossett for his continued support, as well as several other major donors: Brooke Butler-Wagner, Billy Greenblatt, and Harvey and Ellen Sanders.


*Kevin Willard and Brenda Frese behind wheels of excavators*


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### Building Champions Around Campus


*Rendering of Field Hockey and Women's Lacrosse Complex*


The Barry P. Gossett Basketball Performance Center is just one of several Maryland Athletics projects improving team facilities.

The new [Field Hockey and Women’s Lacrosse Complex](https://static.umterps.com/custompages/buildingchampions/fhlax.html) opens this fall, replacing the former 5,500-square-foot building with a 17,193-square-foot team house for two of the university’s most accomplished athletic programs.


*locker room*




**Issue:** [Fall 2023](https://terp.umd.edu/editions/fall-2023)


**Types:** [News](https://terp.umd.edu/category/news)