Northern Illinois Unveils Color-Asymmetric Court

Via the usual sources, Northern Illinois University has a new court. As seen at this link, at one end of the court the key and most of the out-of-bounds area are painted red, whereas at the other end, the key and most of the out-of-bounds area are painted black. For lack of a better term, I'm calling this a "color-asymmetric" court. I've probably seen one or two of these on television over the years, but NIU's is the first I'm aware of for an NCAA Division I program. The court also features an Illinois state-shape and the initials NIU at center court, based on different shades of shellac. The different shades are very subtle -- perhaps too subtle -- however.

Nevada Nixes the State Shape

Via the usual sources, the University of Nevada (Reno) has a new court design, which no longer features the large blue-outlined, solid-gray Nevada shape at center court. In addition, the keys will now be dark blue, instead of gray. This article contains photos of the new and old designs.

New York Liberty's Seven-Spike Crown

 

The WNBA's New York Liberty have a new court that features a large display of the seven spikes of the Statue of Liberty crown. The spikes run along the lower sideline, spanning from one three-point arc to the other. The design can be seen in this highlights video.

McDonald's High School All-American Game (2023)

My first two reactions were that I felt I was back in the 1970s and that I could sure use some McDonald's French fries! Note all the "Golden Arches." As if there weren't enough going on with the court, the entire area inside the three-point line is blue on the other side of the court and there's a flaming center-court circle!

Screenshot from here.

LNB (France) All-Star Game With Artistic Court

The court for today's French LNB (Ligue Nationale de Basket) All-Star Game featured what might be considered an abstract art design. As shown here, the court was, for the most part, conventional, with black (or dark grey) keys and out-of-bounds areas, an unremarkable center-court logo, and different shades of shellac to distinguish the areas inside and outside the three-point arc. Painted on top of this basic "canvas," however, were swirls of yellow and red that seemed randomly located on the court and multicolor dot/mosaic patterns filling in the semicircles above the two free-throw lines.

Northwestern State (College) and Long Island Nets (NBA G League)

Frequent contributor Matt Rachmiel sends along two interesting court designs.

Northwestern State University (Louisiana) has joined the large-midcourt-logo club, with its shellac-shade Demon behind the blue "N" and state outline in the center circle (video clip). Just a little too busy for my tastes. Further, the out-of-bounds area is blue on one half of the court and orange on the other. The video also features the play of Hansel Enmanuel, who had his left arm amputated in his childhood. An amazing story!

The Long Island Nets of the NBA G (Development) League have a court that is unusual in at least two ways (video clip). One key is painted in blue and the other red. Also, each key has a solid white semicircle below the free-throw stripe.

Memphis Tigers Go From One Gaudy Court Design to Another

 From this to this.