I think the floor's cool, I just think it's weird that they were like hey look how many cool things we can do with this amazing floor technology, and then make it gray for every game.
New floor for Big 12 MBB/WBB
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I think they had a vision but that vision is not translating through the TV angle.
They should have called an audible after the women's tournament, but if they change it and make it better, some might not think it's fair if it looked better for the men?? IDK
They did. Look at the videos from the women’s tournament to today.
The design they are trying to go with is just bad. If they totally revamped the design it would be much better.
During the last break in BYU and KSU, the floor really looked cool.
Every time I read this post I picture the floor with "LOL LOL LOL" all over it.
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The TCU guard slipped and turned it over on a critical possession. 2 tech players taken out with injuries. The technology isn’t ready.
I loved the court and think it's here to stay. I'm not upset about switching though. It needs some adjustments for sure. Kudos to the Big 12 for eating this and going back to a wood floor (for now).
Wow glad they swallowed their pride and a contract to go back to real court.
I don’t know how anyone watched our game yesterday against Tech and didn’t think slippage was an issue. It was obvious.
It was honestly crazy to change a major part of the game and basically giving them no time to figure out how best to work with it. It would be like changing the breakaway rims to a double rim, or like the time the NBA changed the basketballs without any notice or input from the players.
Glad, and slightly shocked, they are changing back to what the players are used to.
Glad, and slightly shocked, they are changing back to what the players are used to.
Props to them for changing the court.
Now will it be a big 12 branded court or will it just be a generic sprint center court they have on hand with some Big 12 stickers on it lol.
Now will it be a big 12 branded court or will it just be a generic sprint center court they have on hand with some Big 12 stickers on it lol.
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I thought it was a cool idea, and neat to watch, but after watching a few full games on it, I was starting to just hope that everyone made it out of that tournament healthy for the big dance.
They obviously need to play test that thing on a much, much smaller stage until they get the traction right. It's too slippery, but at the same time, too grippy is an injury waiting to happen too.
Looking forward to hearing from the few folks who were saying that we were only seeing more slipping yesterday because we were looking for it.
I’d be surprised if they don’t have the old hardwood floor from last year.
And props to Yormark and the league for trying something new and adjusting when it didn’t work. That’s leadership.
And the glass floor will be back. Manufacturing will adjust
It also seems that there have been more instances of players stepping out of bounds. I wonder if that might be related to the lines being lighted rather than paint. For instance, might the line appear larger from a distance to the ref? Or harder for the players to see because there is so much other light illuminating up from the floor?
