After months of delays, University of Minnesota athletics director Norwood Teague finally felt confident enough Wednesday to present the Gophers’ master facility plan for sports to the Board of Regents.

He laid out the proposed cost ($190 million) and timetable (six to eight years), and provided designs for several projects, including the highly anticipated basketball practice facility and renovations to the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex.

In February, Teague estimated the cost of the privately funded projects at between $80 million and $120 million. But he said that as colleges continue to compete for top recruits with ever bigger and better sports facilities, the Gophers must spend more to keep pace not only with teams in the expanding Big Ten but nationally as well.

“We could go a lot further with it,” Teague said at a news conference Wednesday. “This is a great plan and assessment that shows our needs. These are needs. I said before it’s not necessarily wants. We need this.”

In the first of two phases unveiled Wednesday, the Gibson-Nagurski indoor football facility would be upgraded and a new building next to the Bierman athletic complex would feature practice facilities for basketball, gymnastics, track and wrestling, as well as an academic center and dining hall for athletes.

The basketball practice facility would include court space for each team, weight room, offices and court viewing areas. It would be built in the back parking lot of the Bierman complex.

Teague declined to discuss specific timetables and costs for any of the projects.

“I would like to immediately do a fundraising feasibility study to see what our potential is,” he said. “I wanted to solidify the preliminary elements to touch some things up and make some smaller decisions. Lastly, I would like to launch a fundraising campaign.

“I’m very excited about this. It’s a ground-breaking effort.”

Populous, the architectural firm that designed Target Field and TCF Bank Stadium, was hired in October to develop the master facilities plan for the entire athletic department. In the past, the Gophers have tried to tackle one project at a time, including the $7.5 million Siebert baseball field renovation that was completed last September.

The goal was for Populous, formerly known as HOK Sport of Kansas City, Mo., to help guide the Gophers’ facility projects for the next 15 years.

Bob McNamara, an influential booster and former Gophers football All-American, was instrumental in leading fundraising efforts for the U’s $288 million on-campus football stadium that opened in 2009. He said this facilities plan could be a bigger fundraising challenge because it includes several sports.

“Everybody is going to have to get on board because this will be the biggest project ever,” McNamara said. “We’re all going to have to get on the bandwagon and work on it. It’s a big project, but we have to look at it and say, ‘That’s exactly what has to be done.’ ”

Initial plans were for the new football offices to be at TCF Bank Stadium, but they would remain beside the Bierman complex under the plan unveiled Wednesday. Gophers football coach Jerry Kill told Teague in May before Teague officially replaced Joel Maturi that fixing the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex should be an “immediate” priority.

Williams Arena upgrades would not be included in the first phase. Phase two improvements would be to the arena’s concourse and would not alter the inner bowl of seats. There are no plans to expand the seating capacity of 14,625.

Former Gophers coach Tubby Smith had pressed for a basketball practice facility since he was hired in 2007. He took teams to three NCAA tournaments in his six seasons as coach, but he struggled in the Big Ten and was unable to spark enough interest in funding a practice facility. Smith was replaced by former Florida International coach Richard Pitino, who has created more of a buzz for Gophers basketball.

Pitino, Kill, women’s basketball coach Pam Borton and other coaches were part of a caravan that traveled across the state recently to build support for Gophers sports.

“I think the reaction to Richard has been even better than I thought,” Teague said. “He’s very pleased with what we have (in facilities). But (Gophers associate athletics director) Mike Ellis will tell you, (Pitino) is going to be even more about a sense of urgency for showing the things we really need.”

The estimated cost of a basketball facility built next to Williams Arena had been $15 million to $20 million. It could be just as costly near Bierman but worth it, said Blake Hoffarber, the Gophers’ all-time leader in three-point shooting.

“It was never fun when I walked down to Williams Arena and some dance team was there or volleyball (team) and I couldn’t shoot,” Hoffarber said. “You think it wouldn’t take this long for a practice facility. Everyone around the country has one.”

Northwestern and Minnesota are the only Big Ten programs without a basketball practice facility, and Teague was quick to point out that Northwestern last year announced plans for a $220 million training complex for all Wildcats teams.

Kill said in May that renovating the indoor football practice facility, which is used by several other Gophers teams, would cost about $3 million. The complex was built for $5.5 million in 1985. Improvements since then have consisted primarily of painting and patchwork, though new turf was installed before the 2010 season. The biggest issue has been leaks in the roof.

“Most of our Big Ten competitors are ahead of us,” Teague said. “Nebraska has done a phenomenal job, a real holistic upgrade of their facilities, as it relates to training table and academic facility and weight rooms. They’re not far from us. Wisconsin is finishing up its student-athlete performance building. It is in the third phase and is going to be terrific.

“We need to get caught up.”