Toughest B1G venues
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MSU?
Great venue but I’d put it behind the Rac
Illinois + Indiana legit
Barn underated
Crisler can get loud
Maryland moving from Cole really dampened the crowd noise
Kohl Center very underated
The RAC has the greatest impact because the other teams listed usually have far better talent.
Yea... it's not like the Eddie Jordan RAC was a tough place to play... let's be real.
Fred Hill’s and Mike Rice’s squads beat ranked teams at home almost yearly
Yes . It’s a great venue as we all know . It’s a tough place to play for opponents . Now that we have a good team , we are almost unbeatable in that place
You are on the money with Maryland and closing down the cole center. Someone needs to tell the powers that be at rutgers to not build a new arena and go down the same path.
Would love to get BK’s take on this, since I know he’s been in every arena multiple times, but I gotta believe the RAC is properly ranked in the top 3, and on any given night, with a lot on the line, is as tough a place to play as any.
The argument could be that's the RAC makes the biggest difference and evens out the largest discrepancy in talent
I have rewatched the ending of our Win at Indiana many times
The atmosphere there was very intense and would have been tough for any team to pull out a win
The atmosphere there was very intense and would have been tough for any team to pull out a win
Makes Ron’s 3-pointer at the end an even bigger dagger. Huge stones on that kid.
USC almost never fills the Galen Center. They are a football school all the way. When their is a big time visitor and UCLA is playing well Pauley has a great atmosphere. However, those circumstances don't happen often and UCLA also struggles to fill the arena. UCLA fans are very spoiled.
I enjoyed the Twitter replies. Lots of grudging respect for the RAC in the league.
It's hard to exactly rank arenas since it's very subjective. Makes more sense to think for them in tiers with the RAC being part of Tier 1
Your post made me check replies. A lot of respect for sure. A few knuckleheads but those people clearly don't really know. A lot of the comments giving the RAC props were from opposing team fans.... finally getting respect from other fan bases
They all look like fun atmospheres on TV. The RAC atmosphere the last 3 years has been ridiculous. I went to sleep with my ears ringing one night after this past season.
And we'll be visiting the other 4 this year - Purdue/Illinois away only, and MSU/Indiana home-and-home.
Take us out, and looking at it only as RU toughest road venues, I'd probably add Iowa.... just because of the amount of leeway Fran is given at home, and the foul disparity they rack up at Carver.
Take us out, and looking at it only as RU toughest road venues, I'd probably add Iowa.... just because of the amount of leeway Fran is given at home, and the foul disparity they rack up at Carver.