More College Court Updates (Early Dec. 2013)

Four items today:

Temple University eschewed its on-campus Liacouras Center home yesterday to  host Texas at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center, home of the 76ers. The regular Wells Fargo Center court is completely outlined in blue, with a 76ers logo at center-court. For the Temple game, however, some floor boards were strategically substituted to make it look like a Temple floor, as seen in the following screen captures from ESPN-U/Watch ESPN... (You can click on the photos to enlarge them.)

As far as these kinds of floor-board substitutions go, this one isn't bad. The only problem is that blue isn't a Temple color.

Mizzou Arena has added Tiger stripes along the baselines to reinforce Missouri's team nickname, as seen in the following screenshot from CBS...

Memphis has added a city skyline aspect to its court at Fedex Forum, based on shellac shading.

Finally, Rhode Island has added an interlocking, two-tone RI to its center-court (thanks to Matt Rachmiel). The two-tone aspect is not unlike that of Penn's "P."

Cal State Fullerton Mural/Scenery Court

Several schools have adopted full-court mural/scenery designs for their basketball floors, as has been documented in several entries on this blog. One that I first learned about via a telecast today is Cal State Fullerton's. Here's a link with photo.

Uni Watch Previews College Hoops Uniforms -- and Courts (2013-14)

Uni Watch's 2013-14 college basketball preview focuses, naturally, on changes in teams' uniforms. However, several new court designs are also noted. Many of the listed floor changes on Uni Watch have already been documented here on this site. However, two court changes listed by Uni Watch are worth keeping an eye out for: Buffalo and Central Florida. Thanks, as usual, to Matt Rachmiel for bringing these changes to my attention.

NBA Court Changes for 2013-14

Via the usual sources, here's a visual compilation of new court designs for the 2013-14 NBA season. Frankly, most of the courts depicted don't look that different to me from what the respective teams have had in the past.

Sharp New Court for Creighton

From my usual sources, Creighton has a neat new floor, complete with a new Blue Jay logo and what looks like a wide-plank wood design.

San Jose State's New Floor: Two Huge Logos is One Too Many

Via Matt Rachmiel and Uni-Watch, San Jose State has a new floor, shown here. As can be seen, the design features both the school's blue and gold Spartan helmet logo and, quoting from the linked article, a "quintet of the fabled Greek heroes stand[ing] armed and ready below mid-court, with four of their shields spelling out 'SJSU' and flanking the fifth shield with the athletic program’s logo." As if this weren't enough visual stimulation, the areas inside the three-point arcs are darkened, as well. Below is a schematic I created, of how one could incorporate all the same elements without overwhelming the viewer.

Bucks Go Back to the Future

The Milwaukee Bucks will go back to a floor design with the two giant M's, similar to what they had for parts of the 1970s and '80s (via Uni-Watch).

Meanwhile, the University of Richmond Spiders will shift to a more understated court design, including getting rid of the spider web in the background (via Uni-Watch and Matt Rachmiel).

UPDATE: Here's more on the Bucks' floor (via Uni-Watch).