Via Matt Rachmiel, yesterday's USA Today had an article on some of the more colorful college basketball court designs (link). The main theme of the article is schools' use of elaborate geographically based designs (e.g., UMass's state shape; UIC and Loyola's use of the Chicago flag) to market themselves to prospective students who watch basketball.
The article also revealed some interesting pieces of trivia. For example, the University of Memphis court with the blue tiger-striped rectangles for the keys originally also had the semi-circle behind the free-throw line shaded blue. That created a phallic-type image, so the semi-circles were redone sans shading!
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