Really hoping for an updated court design on this new floor. Something to go with the new era of Ben McCollum. It feels as though they purchased this as a way to usher in Ben's tenure, and a way to remember his first year.
Iowa purchases basketball court used for 2026 NCAA Houston Regional Elite Eight
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Really hoping for an updated court design on this new floor. Something to go with the new era of Ben McCollum. It feels as though they purchased this as a way to usher in Ben's tenure, and a way to remember his first year.
I'm not sure I understand why this is needed. What was wrong with the old court? The cynic in my also wonders why, if it is such a great court, was it for sale in the first place? Not trying to be negative but I just don't understand the rationale for making this move. Feel free to enlighten me 
I believe the university explained that it has reached the end of its lifecycle. Sounds like they will be selling parts of the court to fans as well. It'll be nice to have a brand new court that's at least Elite 8 worthy to play on.I'm not sure I understand why this is needed. What was wrong with the old court? The cynic in my also wonders why, if it is such a great court, was it for sale in the first place? Not trying to be negative but I just don't understand the rationale for making this move. Feel free to enlighten me
I wonder how much those court sections will sell for!
Especially the piece with CC "22" on it...
The UI could make it interesting and have former players who played on that court sign those pieces.
Interested to see what it's going to look like. I hope they go back to a gold/yellow look, though I expect it'll still be black. Just as long as it looks good, though.
Although it was unique, I honestly was never a big parquet fan so I'm not all
that sad to see it go.
Although it was unique, I honestly was never a big parquet fan so I'm not all
that sad to see it go.
I assume Fran and Margaret are ready pissed at the University for replacing the court he didn't make famous.
Better check that Gary Barta contract for Fran.... Probably says that Fran gets the floor whenever Iowa replaces it.
I knew GB was sneaky, as memorialized by Dochterman but....
It seems like a really good opportunity to change things up a bit, as long as they don’t go crazy.
I have always felt like the black court was an improvement over the old gold/yellow, mainly because with the old court, there wasn’t enough contrast between the color/stain of the wood and the yellow paint used for the lanes/sidelines. But with modern variations of stain now coming into common use, I could see an updated court with a lighter (more natural-wood) shade for the main floor, and a slightly darker gold (less of the 1980s canary yellow) used for the lanes/sidelines, that could look pretty good.
Wonder what they saved buying the used court vs. a new one.
Probably more than a lot of houses, but on a related note I'm all for putting a Nebraska 'N' where Mast was scrambling to stand up and run into the game on the new one!
That's the funniest part, every time little red will play at Carver, it'll be on the same floor their best season ever ended, and where they made one of the most embarrassing flubs in modern basketball.
Nope. A yellow court with a yellow border . . . not exactly Design 101. The black border is the only sensible way to go, IMHO, of course.
Barely used, and I would expect both cost and delivery to be improved,.. These tournament courts at all locations are brand new for tournament play.. One and done installation.
Maybe a gold more like what Mackey used to have back in the 80s? Iowa's court in the 80s and 90s was admittedly a pretty bright yellow. I didn't mind it myself, but agree that more of a gold as opposed to bright yellow would look good.
If they do stick with the black, I hope they at least find a way to maintain a decent amount of gold in the design.
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I think the key is in creating enough contrast between the main, “natural,” color of the court, which tends to be kind of yellowish, and the painted lanes/sidelines, if they are gold.
The Warriors do a pretty good job with this by keeping the main color of their court a fairly light shade. Something like that could work.
What? You could get whatever color stain you wanted 40 or 50 years ago. I played at a high school with a grey wood-stained floor in the 1970's. Basically stains are like paint. Start with a base and add different amounts of colors to get the color you want. There are some differences in longjevity and such due to modern materials but that has nothing to do with stains. The big improvements have been made in the area of sealants.
Thank you for the gentle lesson.
Be that as it may, it’s only been in the last 10-15 years that wider variety of court colorings have come into popular use.
Gary Barta would take that suggestion too literally and there would be a nice unveiling of a Virginia Cavaliers court inside Carver in the fall.
I'd love to know how much influence McCollum has on the court's new design. Wonder if it has already been finalized? It'll make a hell of a hype video.