Wyoming and Augustana

Via Uni-Watch, the University of Wyoming will have a new court design. The "7220" on the court apparently is to remind visitors of the altitude of the campus (much greater than the 5280 feet representing one mile). Older designs of the Wyoming court include this and this.

Augustana College (South Dakota) will also have a new floor design.

ESPN.com's 10 Best College Hoops Floors

ESPN.com's Eamonn Brennan lists his 10 best college basketball floors (with photos). As you'll see, Brennan goes for traditional, basic court designs.

Pelicans' Court to Feature Shellac Backgrounds

An NBA item via Uni-Watch: New Orleans will feature shellac Pelican backgrounds inside the three-point arc, at both ends of the court.

IUPUI Latest to Feature Skyline Imagery

Via Uni-Watch, the joint Indiana U./Purdue U. campus in Indianapolis (IUPUI) is the latest school to add a city skyline look to its basketball floor.

UC Irvine's Logo Overkill

Via Uni-Watch and Matt Rachmiel, the University of California, Irvine, has a new court design that, as Matt puts it, features "both a large & extra large center court logo."

Readers of this blog will know that I'm generally not a fan of the outsized center-court graphics that have become popular in recent years. This Irvine design is probably one of the worst, in my view. Either of the logos alone -- the blue-and-gold interlocked UCI in the center-circle area or the shellac-based UCI cutting diagonally across the middle portion of the floor -- might have been OK. But, to me, having both is overkill.

Webster Bank Arena (Bridgeport, Connecticut)

The Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut, hosted an exhibition game tonight between the U.S. women's basketball national team and Canada. As shown in the highlights video on ESPN.com, the floor featured a large logo in each key area. The logo looks like a tower outside the arena. Anybody know anything more about the arena, tower, or logo?

Grantland Ranks All 30 NBA Courts

Grantland writer Zach Lowe ranks all 30 NBA court designs, with artistic renderings of all the floors.