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Wheeler Sports Center
Home to the university's men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball teams, this 55,000-square-foot facility, located alongside the tree-shaded Hess Creek Canyon, features a gymnasium with three full-length basketball courts, room for three volleyball courts, one racquetball court, a golf training center, locker rooms, administrative offices and athletic training room facilities. The James and Lila Miller Gymnasium, the Bruins' home court, has a seating capacity of 2,750.
The sports center was designed by noted architect Pietro Belluschi to sit unpretentiously alongside tree-shaded Hess Creek Canyon. Built using gifts from prominent lumbermen, the building features a two-level oak parquet lobby and a large window area overlooking the adjacent natural terrain.
Originally completed in June 1977, the $2.7 million building has received two facelifts during the summers of 2017 and 2021 with a new hardwood floor and look. The redesign of the floor features the Bruins "GF" logo, claw mark branding on the baselines, and is named after longtime athletic director Craig Taylor (Taylor Court). All three hardwood courts were replaced in the summer of 2021, while the main court was again resurfaced in 2025.
The building may be entered on two levels. The east-side ground level is accessible from the parking lot by crossing the footbridge. The on-campus community enters on the west-side second floor. ADA entrances and bleachers are available on the east-side ground level entrance.
Contained on the upper level are a staff room, multipurpose room, classroom, weight room, Esports arena, and athletics administration and faculty offices. The lower level contains a concession area, dressing rooms, team rooms, laundry, equipment-issuing room, and storage space.
The center is named for longtime Oregon lumberman Coleman H. Wheeler, former chairman of the board of Willamette Industries. The gymnasium is named for James Miller, former George Fox board member and president of Cascadia Lumber Co., and his wife, Lila.
