The Ducks are at it again......

chseagle

grunewar wrote
Thoughts on this floor? Wow!

Oregon's crazy new basketball floor is quintessentially Oregon - The Dagger - NCAAB - Yahoo! Sports

Interesting & unique, especially since the court is not permanent.

zm1283

Judtech wrote
I sort of like it. But what is that under the "O" at mid court? It looks like a Stone Henge tribute.

It's the arena's logo.

ref3808

- It's probably not as busy graphically when on the court vs the sky box view
- Many of the lines are green on brown. I don't think that's the best color combination for picking up close OOB calls.
- The white on white three point arc looks to be difficult to pick up
- I'd say the artist created what was intended, but at the end of the day did they create the best floor on which to actually contest a basketball game? I'd say no.

BillyMac

Love the effect of looking "up" into the canopy of a forest of fir trees.

One question. The brownish colors make the fir trees look dead or dying. Why aren't they painted in shades of green?

Also, I'm surprised that they didn't paint in some tree hugging, pot smoking, hippies spiking the trees to prevent logging.

ref3808

The cheerleaders will be dressed as woods nymphs.

BillyMac

Look carefully. This guy has got to be hiding in this forest somewhere.

Mark Padgett

BillyMac wrote
Also, I'm surprised that they didn't paint in some tree hugging, pot smoking, hippies spiking the trees to prevent logging.

If they did that, the officials would repeatedly stop the game thinking there were fans on the court. 🙄

SethPDX

Judtech wrote
I sort of like it. But what is that under the "O" at mid court? It looks like a Stone Henge tribute.

It says "Matt," as in Phil Knight's late son, for whom the arena is named.

grunewar

Mark Padgett wrote
If they did that, the officials would repeatedly stop the game thinking there were fans on the court. :rolleyes:

Oops, sorry, wrong thread! 😉

rwest

The restraining circle does not have a clearly defined division line. This would not be legal in high school. Is this floor legal per NCAA rules?

bob jenkins

rwest wrote
The restraining circle does not have a clearly defined division line. This would not be legal in high school. Is this floor legal per NCAA rules?

If it doesn't, then no it isn't.

Judtech

SethPDX wrote
It says "Matt," as in Phil Knight's late son, for whom the arena is named.

Thanks. I was curious, I didn't see anything about it in the article, but I only skimmed it.
Pardon the pun, but the design is growing on me. I know officially like it.

Camron Rust

bob jenkins wrote
If it doesn't, then no it isn't.

I saw a different image of the floor on video and the lines were much more visible in it than the graphic posted in this thread.

26 Year Gap

Is there a hidden spotted owl that we are supposed to find?

Camron Rust

26 Year Gap wrote
Is there a hidden spotted owl that we are supposed to find?

Yes....he's right by the Republican.

Back In The Saddle

26 Year Gap wrote
Is there a hidden spotted owl that we are supposed to find?

Yes. And it tastes better than chicken. 😉

JRutledge

Here is a real picture of the court. It does not look nearly as bad as I would have thought it would.

Real picture of the court

Peace

JRutledge

rwest wrote
The restraining circle does not have a clearly defined division line. This would not be legal in high school. Is this floor legal per NCAA rules?

Where does it say the rules "clearly defined?" All the rules says in NF is that the line must be solid or a shadow line. Hard to tell this by the pictures, but that does not mean the line is not solid either.

Peace

Jurassic Referee

JRutledge wrote
Where does it say the rules "clearly defined?" All the rules says in NF is that the line must be solid or a shadow line. Hard to tell this by the pictures, but that does not mean the line is not solid either.

NFHS rule 1-3-2NOTE says that "the continuous 2-inch wide outline must be clearly visible to the officials". That's the same as "clearly defined" for all practical reasons imo.

JRutledge

Jurassic Referee wrote
NFHS rule 1-3-2NOTE says that "the continuous 2-inch wide outline must be clearly visible to the officials". That's the same as "clearly defined" for all practical reasons imo.

The key to that is "to the officials." Even the graphic that was shown was not as good as the picture I showed at least when looking at the 3 point line.

I was aware of the wording, but it does not say it has to be anything to those watching from a far. That is why there can be a shadow line and anyone on the court can clearly see the line. Case in point the Conference and NCAA Tournaments.

Peace