Oregon's New Basketball Floor

[GGGG]

Designed by Nike...of course.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/5150177568_2210c29192_o.jpg

and

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/5149681377_3ea262f03d_o.jpg

(It apparently isn't complete yet.)

[wadesworld]

Wow!  That is UGLY!  I bet Jamil is glad he left there!

[GGGG]

It apparently is the view of a forest from the ground.

[Brewtown Andy]

It apparently is the view of a forest from the ground.

Which works when you're looking at an image on a computer screen, but that's a disaster from any seat in the building.  Looks like a floor buffer got out of control.

[chapman]

Looks like someone spilled a few gallons of bleach at center court.

[martyconlonontherun]

I'll wait til the final images. At very I hated it, but could see it being cool if the colors work out.

[whodem]

It's a tribute to the first NCAA basketball champion in 1939. That Oregon team the won the championship was called the Tall Firs. Hence the woods on the court

[Ari Gold]

Oregon's goal is to have the ugliest/most ridiculous looking everything

[dwaderoy2004]

No, their goal is to have people talk about their uniforms and unique court.  good thing we haven't taken the bait...oh wait.

[jaybilaswho?]

It apparently is the view of a forest from the ground.

Now that you say that... I see it. Before you said I had no clue what they were going for.

[77ncaachamps]

What the hell is under the "O" at center court?

[w0bbie]

What the hell is under the "O" at center court?

I wondered the same thing when I first saw it.  Based on comments I've seen on articles about the floor the "TTATT" is actually "MATT" as in Matthew Knight Arena.  I still don't see it.

[APieperFan3]

Oregon's goal is to have the ugliest/most ridiculous looking everything

I like their football jerseys.

This floor is miserable tho.

[jesmu84]

assuming you know the history with the "Firs" thing (i didn't before reading the post earlier), i think it actually looks pretty cool.

[ChicosBailBonds]

What the hell is under the "O" at center court?

The feather wings...same thing on their football jerseys

[rocky_warrior]

Oh no no no.  Marquette, as a fellow Nike school needs to one-up that crap next season and go with the "black hole floor" - see the black hole house for inspiration.

http://www.genetologisch-onderzoek.nl/index.php/113/beeldende-kunst/

[whodem]

FYI, Kentucky just hired the same guy who designed the Oregon Court to design UK's Home Court for the upcoming season:

http://www.spartantailgate.com/forums/msu-red-cedar-message-board/476728-kentucky-hired-oregon-basketball-court-designer.html

[jmayer1]

The feather wings...same thing on their football jerseys

Actually, W0bbie was right.  It is supposed to say MATT.  I don't really see it but here is the video from the designer:

http://www.goducks.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?catid=0&id=732185

[ChicosBailBonds]

Thanks

It looked like the feathers they use for the football uniforms, but you're right...it's definitely Matt

[jmayer1]

Thanks

It looked like the feathers they use for the football uniforms, but you're right...it's definitely Matt

Yeah they do look pretty similar.  I think they are trying to use a modern script but to me it really looks more like TTATT.

[Coleman]

I like the floor. I think its pretty creative.

[77ncaachamps]

Yeah they do look pretty similar.  I think they are trying to use a modern script but to me it really looks more like TTATT.

The video explains that Phil Knight visited Japan and hence the used of the toriis - Japanese gateways - as the "M" and the TT".