Floor at Knight Arena installed

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Floor at Knight Arena installed

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The new floor at Knight Arena has been installed and it is pretty special. It has a tree motif on it so that it looks like you are looking through a clearing in the forest. There are some graphics associated with Pat Kilkenny since the court is named for him.
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not sure how I feel about this...... it looks distracting.
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I think it is pretty cool, another thing that makes the UO unique!!
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The Logo looks weird. That Matt writing under the "O" doesn't look so great.

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That is the sickest court of all time... wow. Tinker Hatfield designed it & said he wanted to include a NW theme & honor the Tall Firs national title team. Its actually pretty awesome how he did that.
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UOducksTK1 wrote:The Logo looks weird. That Matt writing under the "O" doesn't look so great.
I think that's the ugliest thing I've ever seen on a basketball court. :shock:
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I like it. I don't think we talk enough on here how great the new arena is going to be. Mac Court is so historic, but it's time for something new.
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bellsduck wrote:
UOducksTK1 wrote:The Logo looks weird. That Matt writing under the "O" doesn't look so great.
I think that's the ugliest thing I've ever seen on a basketball court. :shock:
Yeah I don't get why they just don't put the Matt logo on the elbow right outside of the 3 point line just like other courts do. Having it by the "O" makes it look ugly.

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i think it looks like shat
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Here's a better picture of it.

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What I wanna know is why did they name it after Pat Killkenny? He already had an entire baseball complex named after him. That wasn't enough?
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odux wrote:What I wanna know is why did they name it after Pat Killkenny? He already had an entire baseball complex named after him. That wasn't enough?
Just for fun. Oh & he donated a couple mill to the court.
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When I saw it yesterday I hated it, but the more I've looked at it I like it. As someone who loves the outdoors it seems like an accurate look of the forest just as the sun is coming up, hmm maybe a metaphor for the new duck era? The last couple years had been dark for UO basketball, but the UO basketball is rising again? I promise if UO wins, this floor will become iconic around Oregon.
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I didn't like it at first but after seeing all the details, it has really grown on me. It's nice to see some history being incorporated into the new court.
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I have a feeling it is far more impressive in person...
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