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The home court of the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor, with baskets at each end. Indoor basketball courts are almost always made of polished wood, usually maple, with 10 feet (3.048 m)-high
Nicknamed the "Pimple on the Prairie", "Dome of Doom", and the "Double A," the Arena-Auditorium is the highest NCAA Division I college basketball court in the nation, built at an elevation of 7,220 ft (2,201 m). The facility hosted the 1986 and 1991 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournaments. [1]
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Basketball_court.png licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0, GFDL . 2008-06-21T11:09:11Z Pacoperez6 1600x2203 (180065 Bytes) {{Information |Description={{en|Diagram of a basketball court used primarily for men showing: *Top half **FIBA, NBA and NCAA (men) markings **Measurements for FIBA three-point line and base of the key.
The custom court included motion tracking and lighting that could track players as they ran drills. [ 6 ] Glass courts are installed in several European basketball arenas, including the BallsportArena Dresden, [ 3 ] the OYM Performance Center in Switzerland, and an arena at the University of Oxford . [ 7 ]
A 2012 poll of four ESPN pundits ranked it third in terms of best home-court advantages in the country. [22] Since opening for the 1971–72 season, over six million fans have attended men's basketball games at the venue. The men's team has been historically successful there, posting home winning streaks of 50 and 35 games. [9]
The West Fourth Street Courts, also known as "The Cage", are a notable public athletic venue for amateur basketball in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. [1] " The Cage" has become one of the most important tournament sites for the citywide " Streetball " amateur basketball tournament, and is noted for its non ...
The inside of the Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center pictured during Summer 2006. After the Tar Heels won the national championship in 1957, there were thoughts of building a big venue for the Tar Heels to play basketball in. [7] However, when the state refused to find a completely new arena, Carmichael Auditorium was built as an annex to Woollen Gymnasium and the Tar Heels began to play ...
2016 – The basketball floor was repainted again, keeping the large Spartan logo in the center of the court and adding a two-tone design with darker colored wood for the area inside the three-point line and a single random stripe outside the visitors' 3 point line on the right.