ESPN: Koch Arena one of the Ten Best Home Courts in College

[rjl]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... basketball

The 10 best home courts in college basketball:

1. Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas
2. Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke
3. Assembly Hall, Indiana
4. McCarthey Athletic Center, Gonzaga
5. The Pit, New Mexico
6. Breslin Center, Michigan State
7. Koch Arena, Wichita State
8. Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh
9. Carrier Dome, Syracuse
10. Rupp Arena, Kentucky


Five other good ones: Kohl Center, Wisconsin; Joyce Center, Notre Dame; Viejas Arena, San Diego State; McKale Center, Arizona; Comcast Center, Maryland.

Also of Valley note:

Oregon coach Dana Altman said more than 15,000 fans attended home games when he was at Creighton. But with only about 4,000 undergrads, the environment wasn't always as imposing as some might expect. Former ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb once referred to the Qwest Center as "The Library." "The students there are key," Altman said. "When they show up, it's on a different level."

[PorkTornado]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8848242/nation-best-homecourt-advantages-college-basketball

The 10 best home courts in college basketball:

1. Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas
2. Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke
3. Assembly Hall, Indiana
4. McCarthey Athletic Center, Gonzaga
5. The Pit, New Mexico
6. Breslin Center, Michigan State
7. Koch Arena, Wichita State
8. Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh
9. Carrier Dome, Syracuse
10. Rupp Arena, Kentucky


Five other good ones: Kohl Center, Wisconsin; Joyce Center, Notre Dame; Viejas Arena, San Diego State; McKale Center, Arizona; Comcast Center, Maryland.

Also of Valley note:

Oregon coach Dana Altman said more than 15,000 fans attended home games when he was at Creighton. But with only about 4,000 undergrads, the environment wasn't always as imposing as some might expect. Former ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb once referred to the Qwest Center as "The Library." "The students there are key," Altman said. "When they show up, it's on a different level."

Can you guys do something about the terrible camera angles in that place?

[rjl]

Can you guys do something about the terrible camera angles in that place?

Pry your porkbutt off the couch and down to Wichita?

[PorkTornado]

Or.......you guys can do something about that terrible camera angle. Please, just be a team player on this one. Thank you in advance.

[shocktheheart]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8848242/nation-best-homecourt-advantages-college-basketball

The 10 best home courts in college basketball:

1. Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas
2. Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke
3. Assembly Hall, Indiana
4. McCarthey Athletic Center, Gonzaga
5. The Pit, New Mexico
6. Breslin Center, Michigan State
7. Koch Arena, Wichita State
8. Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh
9. Carrier Dome, Syracuse
10. Rupp Arena, Kentucky


Five other good ones: Kohl Center, Wisconsin; Joyce Center, Notre Dame; Viejas Arena, San Diego State; McKale Center, Arizona; Comcast Center, Maryland.

Also of Valley note:

Oregon coach Dana Altman said more than 15,000 fans attended home games when he was at Creighton. But with only about 4,000 undergrads, the environment wasn't always as imposing as some might expect. Former ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb once referred to the Qwest Center as "The Library." "The students there are key," Altman said. "When they show up, it's on a different level."

Can you guys do something about the terrible camera angles in that place?

At the center court camera angle they use the walkway for when you walk into the arena. If they went higher they would have to block out some seating, and we know that isn't going to happen.

[kochhead22]

Yea unfortunately there's not much that can be done without taking up seats. They would have to move it up into the seating, not positive how many seats that the camera/camera man would take, then it would also ruin seats that are directly around it.

[PorkTornado]

Whoever designed it that way in 1953 should be ashamed. Why they didn't have the foresight to provide a designated space for a camera is beyond me.

[DoubleJayAlum]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8848242/nation-best-homecourt-advantages-college-basketball

The 10 best home courts in college basketball:

1. Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas
2. Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke
3. Assembly Hall, Indiana
4. McCarthey Athletic Center, Gonzaga
5. The Pit, New Mexico
6. Breslin Center, Michigan State
7. Koch Arena, Wichita State
8. Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh
9. Carrier Dome, Syracuse
10. Rupp Arena, Kentucky


Five other good ones: Kohl Center, Wisconsin; Joyce Center, Notre Dame; Viejas Arena, San Diego State; McKale Center, Arizona; Comcast Center, Maryland.

Also of Valley note:

Oregon coach Dana Altman said more than 15,000 fans attended home games when he was at Creighton. But with only about 4,000 undergrads, the environment wasn't always as imposing as some might expect. Former ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb once referred to the Qwest Center as "The Library." "The students there are key," Altman said. "When they show up, it's on a different level."

Really puts into perspective how good Creighton has been since about 1999. All those wins, conference and tourney titles despite having a pretty small student section.

WSU, on the other hand, seems to have underachieved in the same time period, considering it has one of the 10 best home court advantages.

[shoxrox]

Whoever designed it that way in 1953 should be ashamed. Why they didn't have the foresight to provide a designated space for a camera is beyond me.

Was tv even around back then? How important was television to college basketball than what it is now?

[shoxrox]

Really puts into perspective how good Creighton has been since about 1999. All those wins, conference and tourney titles despite having a pretty small student section.

WSU, on the other hand, seems to have underachieved in the same time period, considering it has one of the 10 best home court advantages.

Spin it however you want. WSU fans aren't the ones saying these things. ESPN and Dana Altman are.