New floor for Big 12 MBB/WBB

[theshadow]

That's the big announcement.

Oh, and it's an ASB Glass Floor.

BIG 12 CONFERENCE UNVEILS ASB GLASSFLOOR FOR 2026 PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS

BIG 12 CONFERENCE UNVEILS ASB GLASSFLOOR FOR 2026 PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS

big12sports.com

 

[Cyclonepride]

Better than announcing they're moving the tournament and pretty cool looking actually.

 

[bluestarcyclone]

I can't wait until tcu decides to install this in a couple years

 

[JM4CY]

How the heck does that thing even work?

 

[cedarstrip]

This is awesome.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

How the heck does that thing even work?

It's a piece of glass ontop of an LED screen essentially.

 

[aeroclone]

So, it is a giant TV laying on the ground that you can stand on?

 

[cedarstrip]

Looks like the lines are "on top" in case of malfunction or I guess even nefarious moving of lines.

 

[farm85]

 

[Hubbs4cy]

This is only cool if it's not just a way to have scrolling adds during breaks and they do team specific things during breaks.

 

[bluestarcyclone]

i do wonder how long it'll take for something like this to take off in regular arenas, including Hilton, if it doesn't prove to be an injury risk.

I'm sure these courts aren't cheap, but the ad space may be valuable enough to make it something schools jump in on

 

[bphill4isu]

Being able to change the center court logo to basketball Cy would be pretty cool. Player safety first though.

 

[IAC1858]

During each matchup, visual effects displayed on the court could include:

• Dynamic court designs
• Shot charts
• Interactive games for fans during timeouts
• Immersive animations following key plays and moments

 

[Cyclonepride]

Not to show my age, but this looks like what they've done on Wheel of Fortune (without some of the features and resiliency of an athletic floor, I'm sure).

 

[Nor'MidWester]

Why did they hype it up for a week? It's cool but they made it less cool by acting like it was going to be some earth shattering news, they should have just announced it one day lol.

 

[jbhtexas]

Clever way to entertain people waiting for the ridiculously long TV time outs to end.

AI search indicates an ASB glass floor only costs about $2,000,000...

 

[CRCy17]

Here is them showing each school's home floor, and I see an alternate "dark mode" [my term] for each. I sure hope we never see that TCU floor displayed in KC:

 

[MeowingCows]

I wonder what the feel difference is to play on this surface instead of typical wood flooring. Sure looks cool, though.

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

Whatever the Big 12 does, can they just display this court?

 

[BirdOfWar]

I don't care about this at all. For this being the big announcement it's really underwhelming.