BEST HOME COURTS, WHO'S MISSING??

Best home courts in college basketball:

1. Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas
2. Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke
3. Assembly Hall, Indiana
4. McCarthey Athletic Center, Gonzaga
5. The Pit, New Mexico
6. Breslin Center, Michigan State
7. Koch Arena, Wichita State
8. Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh
9. Carrier Dome, Syracuse
10. Rupp Arena, Kentucky

Five other good ones: Kohl Center, Wisconsin; Joyce Center, Notre Dame; Viejas Arena, San Diego State; McKale Center, Arizona; Comcast Center, Maryland.

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Permalink Reply by Bluecreeker on January 18, 2013 at 8:35am

I got news for ya dude.................Denny Crum aint walking through the door any time soon!

Good luck!

Oh yea.......has anybody here watched IU? Now THAT'S a good Bball team!

kittykilla said:

Blue...yewkay has been playing for 115 years. All they have is 8 championships. I think U of L will hang one soon.

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Permalink Reply by Bluecreeker on January 18, 2013 at 8:37am

Typical of UofL fans,

Trying to "qualify" stats, records, accomplishments of Big Brother in order to make them more palatable. :)

That being said.....is why I only include the last 25 years.

CardinalConnie said:

Four of which came before Gawd wore shoes....

kittykilla said:

Blue...yewkay has been playing for 115 years. All they have is 8 championships. I think U of L will hang one soon.

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Permalink Reply by GO Yankees on January 18, 2013 at 8:45am

Anything is better than watching UK....

Bluecreeker said:

I got news for ya dude.................Denny Crum aint walking through the door any time soon!

Good luck!

Oh yea.......has anybody here watched IU? Now THAT'S a good Bball team!

kittykilla said:

Blue...yewkay has been playing for 115 years. All they have is 8 championships. I think U of L will hang one soon.

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Permalink Reply by kittykilla on January 18, 2013 at 8:46am

Yea...you can't really count Ole Rupp.

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Permalink Reply by GO Yankees on January 18, 2013 at 8:46am

GO Yankees said:

Anything is better than watching UK, a bunch of Prima Donnas waiting for someone to feed them the ball.

Bluecreeker said:

I got news for ya dude.................Denny Crum aint walking through the door any time soon!

Good luck!

Oh yea.......has anybody here watched IU? Now THAT'S a good Bball team!

kittykilla said:

Blue...yewkay has been playing for 115 years. All they have is 8 championships. I think U of L will hang one soon.

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Permalink Reply by CardinalConnie on January 18, 2013 at 8:54am

Bassett said camera crews followed him around and students took pictures of him as he went to class. They wanted to see what life was like for one of Georgia’s first highly acclaimed black athletes. Bassett soon found out.

The first time Bassett and the Bulldogs played Kentucky was a home game on Jan. 17, 1972. Georgia won that game, 85-73. Bassett had 27 points and 13 rebounds. After the game, the legendary Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp approached Bassett.

“He said I didn’t belong in the Southeast Conference, and he said, ‘We’ll get you back when you come to Lexington,’ ” Bassett said.

When the Bulldogs went to Lexington a month later, they entered the gym to find Bassett hanging in effigy from the ceiling. Stunned, Bassett’s teammates offered not to play the game if Bassett were too uncomfortable there. A motivated Bassett played anyway and had 17 points and 17 rebounds, but Georgia lost, 87-63.

After the game, Bassett wanted to let Rupp know just how he felt about Rupp’s allowing the effigy in Kentucky’s gym. He went searching for Rupp’s office but was stopped before he could get there.

“I just wanted to let him know that I was a man, and I was just trying to figure why he felt it was O.K. to disrespect anybody in that way,” Bassett said. “What was his mind-set? This is a leader of men, you know, all these years, and for him to allow that, it just didn’t make sense.”

Bassett never had the chance to speak his mind to Rupp. That was the final time Bassett faced Rupp’s Wildcats. Rupp retired after that season.

kittykilla said:

Yea...you can't really count Ole Rupp.

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Permalink Reply by Bluecreeker on January 18, 2013 at 10:09am

Well......not anything, but a whole lot of things are better than watching UK this year.

Have your fun.....UofL is really good this year, I get it.

GO Yankees said:

Anything is better than watching UK....

Bluecreeker said:

I got news for ya dude.................Denny Crum aint walking through the door any time soon!

Good luck!

Oh yea.......has anybody here watched IU? Now THAT'S a good Bball team!

kittykilla said:

Blue...yewkay has been playing for 115 years. All they have is 8 championships. I think U of L will hang one soon.

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Permalink Reply by tonymontana on January 18, 2013 at 12:38pm

BluSu......I would have to add Pauley Pavilion (UCLA), The Dean Smith Center (UNC), Madison Square Garden/Carnesecca Arena (St. John's), and Liacouras Center (Temple). All those programs are in the all-time top 10 in wins.

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Permalink Reply by tonymontana on January 18, 2013 at 12:40pm

It (kinda) happened just recently. Defending NCAA National Champion North Carolina lost in the NIT Final to Dayton in 2010.

RedRager said:

In all fairness, if I could be guaranteed an NCAA championship, knowing that I had to have an NIT season the next year, I'd take the deal every time it was offered.

That said, of course I maintain the right to make fun of UK if it's NIT bound!

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Permalink Reply by tonymontana on January 18, 2013 at 12:50pm

Unranked Wisconsin might disagree with you there. Being totally objective I will say Michigan's backcourt is the best I've seen this season. Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway, Jr. are one helluva tandem. Yes, Cards fans, Peyton and Russ are a very dynamic duo but head-to-head don't possess the overall talent of the Wolverines' guards. Big difference on the defensive side of the ball as Michigan uses a typical halfcourt scheme, but their guards still get in the opponent's jocks every trip down the court. Offensively Burke is the better passer and scorer over Siva. And Hardaway's length and deft shooting touch gives him the advantage over Smith. Just my honest opinion, sans the red glasses.

That being said:

GO CARDS!!! L1C4!!!

Bluecreeker said:

Oh yea.......has anybody here watched IU? Now THAT'S a good Bball team!

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Permalink Reply by Tom Johnson on January 18, 2013 at 1:16pm

Not The Chikkin Pit..snicker...In Bankruptcy..

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Permalink Reply by Bluecreeker on January 18, 2013 at 2:10pm

What is it about Wisconsin? they have the mojo on IU every year.......one might say they own IU.

I hear you about Burke and Hardaway...........but the first half of the IU -vs- Minnesota game was the best I've seen so far this year.

I was one of the idiots that wanted UK to hire Crean........what was I thinking?

tonymontana said:

Unranked Wisconsin might disagree with you there. Being totally objective I will say Michigan's backcourt is the best I've seen this season. Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway, Jr. are one helluva tandem. Yes, Cards fans, Peyton and Russ are a very dynamic duo but head-to-head don't possess the overall talent of the Wolverines' guards. Big difference on the defensive side of the ball as Michigan uses a typical halfcourt scheme, but their guards still get in the opponent's jocks every trip down the court. Offensively Burke is the better passer and scorer over Siva. And Hardaway's length and deft shooting touch gives him the advantage over Smith. Just my honest opinion, sans the red glasses.

That being said:

GO CARDS!!! L1C4!!!

Bluecreeker said:

Oh yea.......has anybody here watched IU? Now THAT'S a good Bball team!