Hard wood has a pretty big affect on me.
New floor for Big 12 MBB/WBB
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I'm hoping they bring UMKC's court over. Let's get that kangaroo on national TV.
There's a difference between the floor being "safe" to play on and being something the players are used to playing on. Christian Anderson said in his postgame yesterday "the floor is a bit slippery". Some of our guys had been changing their shoes over the past couple of days. Clearly it feels at least somewhat different and probably takes some amount of adjustment to playing on. It doesn't mean it's garbage and will never make a return in the future. I'm sure there are a lot of things that went into this decision; player safety, liability, and optics for the league. I'm also sure that many are making a way bigger deal out of it than it probably is.
So, this is obviously a fairly easy switcheroo of the courts, right? I personally am hoping for the most insanely generic court possible due to time constraints.
Either they had last year's court still in storage at the arena, or they'll use the generic TMobile Center court with some Big 12 decal stickers on it like they do for when Kansas plays there.
They said there will be time for all the teams to do all there normal gameday shoot-a-rounds. So we should see some pictures floating around this afternoon on what it'll look like.
As an engineer, the fact the floor was glass didn’t scare me. Any micro surface profile could be etched or deposited on the surface to mimic gloss urethane. Obviously, the manufacturer didn’t do a good job here. The panel seams and inconsistencies also seem to have been a big issue. Field testing and feedback should have prevented this type of failure in game situations.
The court should have been used for a real game in conference play before committing to two tournaments. With the way they made the big reveal, it is obvious, they wanted a big impressive surprise.
That said, I’m glad they admitted that it’s dangerous and made the switch. I saw people suggest that yesterday and thought there was no way Yormark would own failure like that.
The court should have been used for a real game in conference play before committing to two tournaments. With the way they made the big reveal, it is obvious, they wanted a big impressive surprise.
That said, I’m glad they admitted that it’s dangerous and made the switch. I saw people suggest that yesterday and thought there was no way Yormark would own failure like that.
Last year's court was brand new for the tournament. As I stated earlier, I'm sure this was either on a truck at the loading dock or close by "just in case" of a possible switch. No need to use the UMKC or Missouri High School court. Big 12 has there's being installed!
Exactly. This seems to me similar to when football teams are not sure about which version of cleats to wear.
My view is in 10 years all college courts will be this glass floor. There will be more links to work out but this is the future.
Yormark is a smart dude.
If you have one of or both of the proverbial 1st and 2nd picks in the NBA draft get hurt cause of the floor, it’s not just a B12 fanbase you’d have to deal with, you’d have the national media, NBA front offices, NBA fans, opportunistic lawyers, Nike and Adidas, and the entire college basketball world bearing down on you. That’s stuff that could cost you a job/future opportunities.
The floor was a mistake. Blame injuries if you want, but it looks terrible on TV. They couldn't go into the semifinals with that ugly floor. Especially with multi-screen viewing everywhere at the bars, at the sports book, in quad-box at home. It doesn't look professional at all side by side with Big10, SEC, and ACC tournaments. This is the Big12's time to shine. Kansas, Houston, Iowa State, and Arizona all on that **** looking floor? Can't do it. Doesn't matter what it looks like in arena, it looks AWFUL on TV. TV is where most of the eyeballs are. It doesn't even make any sense from an ad revenue standpoint. Nobody at home saw anything other than the Phillips 66 logo. All this so 15,000 people can see commercials. GTFOH
I thought it looked good on TV...but what matters is how the players view the surface in terms of "does it let them play the game the way it is meant to be played"! The only in-game use of the graphics on the court that I noticed was on Pleta's dunk when the area inside the 3-pt arc flashed as if it had been shattered. Were there any other graphics used during the game?
so what caused the slippage? The players would cut just fine 8 times out of ten on that very same surface, and then bam, they slip bad. Was it getting wet? Was there some kind of texture on the glass that would cause a slip at a certain cut angle? It was weird. I thought the court looked awesome. I hope they fix the problem, and maybe use it in November tournaments.
The look of it on TV is your opinion I guess. A lot of people thought it looked pretty cool.
I thought it looked good at times. They were certain angles that were better than others. Stationary shots from a higher angle looked great. But cameras in motion from lower angles lost the XII graphic quiet often and the seams were really noticeable. Didn't really like how it looked like players were floating from the end line shots. Looked like a video game.
