East Carolina Gets Rid of Distinctive Design; Stony Brook Introduces One

Via Uni-Watch and Matt Rachmiel, we have a couple of announced changes to college-basketball courts.

Back in 2011, East Carolina debuted what, to my knowledge, was a novel concept, namely the inclusion of logo imagery within a state-shape. Specifically, ECU's center-court design included the school's Pirate emblem, embedded within the state of North Carolina. Eight years later, that design is gone, replaced by a more conventional logo. The painted-in keys with fully open jump-ball circles by the free-throw lines are interesting, especially as no jump-balls are ever held there anymore. (The possession-arrow system has long been used instead to determine who gets the ball when opposing players are in joint possession of it.)

Meanwhile, Stony Brook is introducing a novel element. We've seen many schools depict the shape of their state as a shellac background. Stony Brook is depicting one region within a state, namely New York's Long Island, in the background.

With colleges going back into session in the coming weeks, I'm sure we'll see a lot more announcements.