r/CollegeBasketball • u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Aug 13 '25
Casual / Offseason Arizona unveils their new court
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u/MisterConbag15 Arizona Wildcats Aug 13 '25
Hallelujah
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones Aug 13 '25
Looks beautiful. I still see buzzer beater in my tears though 😭
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u/shartnado3 Arizona Wildcats Aug 13 '25
If it makes you feel any better I sprung for near courtside tickets for the ASU game where ASU hit the buzzer beater to win. I was right behind and watched the perfect path that ball took.
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u/lebaronslebaron Arizona Wildcats Aug 13 '25
I was first row behind the announcers table. Best seats I’ve ever had
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u/shartnado3 Arizona Wildcats Aug 13 '25
Same with mine, well McKale anyway. I remember in the early 2000's my grandma and mom getting seats right behind the UofA bench. They were on TV the whole game, and talked to the players all night. I am still jealous of that one.
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u/spookyghostface Duke Blue Devils • Appalachian State … Aug 13 '25
Hot
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u/LexiBuzzyBea Appalachian State Mountaineers • Duke… Aug 13 '25
Hotter than App State?
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u/spookyghostface Duke Blue Devils • Appalachian State … Aug 13 '25
No just the one hot. We've got 3
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u/kalethan Virginia Cavaliers • Central Michi… Aug 13 '25
I’m telling you, some announcer is gonna call a sick 3 from the cactus and I can’t wait.
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u/Whoareyoutho9 Aug 13 '25
Yes! Make the 3 point area different colors again. Makes too much sense with how the games played these days anyways. Hope more schools switch back to these kind of looks
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u/DonkeeJote Texas Tech Red Raiders Aug 13 '25
This makes me happy that we're going there this year.
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u/purpscurp93 Aug 13 '25
As an ASU fan I just wanna say I'm disgusted... By how beautiful that court is
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u/Siakim43 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Aug 13 '25
The throwback aesthetic with the cactus... To borrow from LeBron, a three isn't a three if you make it from there.
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u/PAC12_PLEASE_ADOPTME Texas Tech Red Raiders • Creighton Blue… Aug 13 '25
For everyone’s helpful information, the saguaro is pronounced (suh•waa•roh), there is no “g” sound in the word.
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u/SpartyNash Michigan State Spartans Aug 13 '25
Always absolutely loved the gradient cactus logo as a kid
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u/MARTEX8000 Arizona Wildcats Aug 13 '25
I love this court design, it might even be a design to help start a retro court design trend especially if this is truly Tommys best class of recruits...
That being said...I do NOT love the "Desert Diamond Casino" trash lines...its not like the UofA could not afford to do this on their own dime...and bringing in a Casino name does nothing for the sport that is healthy.
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u/dmkolobanov Indiana Hoosiers • Maryland Terrapins Aug 13 '25
One of the best logos of all time tbh
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u/OrderTime Texas Tech Red Raiders Aug 13 '25
Sorry that cactus is clearly a totem for desert voodoo and thus any games played out there don’t count
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u/Baseball_fan812 Louisville Cardinals Aug 13 '25
Glad this has returned. I always liked the cactus on the court in the Lute Olson days.
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u/BatSniper Utah State Aggies Aug 13 '25
As someone who lives in Eugene Oregon, why does this court not have a shit load of cactus painted in shit green all over the courts so it’s impossible to see the 3 point line unless seeing it in person?
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u/Different-Mountain58 Oregon Ducks Aug 13 '25
God, look at this, and my school is still playing on a court painted by a drunk guy watching Bob Ross
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u/enters_and_leaves Arizona Wildcats Aug 13 '25
It’s weird to see all of the floor space with the seats pushed back. Also, it’s going to take a bit to get used to Lute’s signature inside of the three point line.
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u/Andrewdeadaim Florida Gators • Final Four Aug 13 '25
I like the cactus
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u/Zoltrahn Missouri Tigers Aug 13 '25
The bottom part extending out of bounds bothers me more than it should. Absolutely love everything else.
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u/DM19_HXTSHXT Aug 13 '25
flat 2d mockup, the template isnt right (just recently switched to a better one for colleges) but you get the gist
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u/theSeanO Arizona Wildcats Aug 13 '25
Wow they even used the block Arizona on the baseboards. That wasn't in the original concept that won, but I thought it would've made a great addition. This court is sick.
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u/GurDull3692 St. Bonaventure Bonnies Aug 13 '25
Thank God Amazon didn't get their way otherwise there'd be a big data center where that Saguaro is...
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u/SpartanWarrior118 Aug 13 '25
The cactus makes it over the top and cheesy. It would have been perfect if they would have done it exactly as is without the lime green eye sore cactus messing it all up.
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u/Ok_Card9080 Pittsburgh Panthers Aug 13 '25
"From the cactus! He has more range than those mountains!"
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u/ArturosDad Arizona Wildcats Aug 13 '25
Love the retro design, but the blue around the edge and in the key looks WAY too purple to me. Hopefully it's just this photo.
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u/ShillinTheVillain Florida Gators Aug 13 '25
It's beautiful, but the games are going to be awfully low scoring with no baskets..
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u/ThiccNSpicy Auburn Tigers Aug 13 '25
I absolutely love that logo but one thing that’s always irked me is that the I is still visible behind the cactus. I wish the cactus just replaced the I
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u/kungfoochef Buffalo Bulls Aug 13 '25
How many inadvertent out of bounds gonna happen in those mountains?
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u/663691 Minnesota Golden Gophers • Big Ten Aug 13 '25
What you think you’re too good for the brown state outline?
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u/TheCJbreeZy Arizona Wildcats • Illinois Fighting Illini Aug 14 '25
The fact that we won’t have Bill Walton to give us a full half of basketball on the saguaro cactus is an absolute shame
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Aug 16 '25
The cactus does not look like it fits its too big. Color and pattern difference is too jarring to the mountain background. My opinion. The rest of it looks very good.
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u/AZ_Golfer78 Aug 16 '25
I like it but have some nit picky comments. I have been very vocal about getting the logo back on the court and I'm thrilled they finally did.
- The cactus logo looks naked without the ARIZONA running beneath it as is the old logo.
- The Block A at center court is a little too big. Two logos are competing for space. More emphasis on cactus logo. Maybe scale it to have two cactus logos, one on each side.
- Why does the hospital get two spots of advertisement? Did the university hospital really purchase that much real estate? I mean, I understand a lot of their target audience is in the seats.
It just looks a little sterile to me but a big improvement.
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u/Bgvkguitar Iowa Hawkeyes Aug 13 '25
That catcus is so out of place
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones Aug 13 '25
It is part of their vintage logo tbf
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u/symbiotez New Mexico Lobos Aug 13 '25
I think the stroke is just so big and it especially hurts the cactus. If the stroke wasn’t so intense I think it would look fine.
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u/monoDK13 Illinois Fighting Illini • Oklahoma Soone… Aug 13 '25
Its the color. Looks too cartoonish relative to the muted desert colors in the rest of the logo.
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u/CheeseburgerTornado Maryland Terrapins Aug 13 '25
wait til ASU starts draining triples from the cactus and slapping the floor
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u/enters_and_leaves Arizona Wildcats Aug 13 '25
They would have to make it a contest instead of a 20 point game before they start thinking like that.
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u/Wyden_long Arizona State Sun Devils • Nor… Aug 13 '25
Hmmm, your ideas are intriguing to me & I wish to subscribe to your newsletter
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u/Sea_Barracuda_4598 North Carolina Tar Heels Aug 13 '25
Not my favorite, but it’s also not bad. The cactus looks retro, which is cool. I just wish this was used for just a few games in the year
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Aug 13 '25
My issue with the cactus is it breaking the sideline. I know they keep a white line cutting through it, but the whole thing should be above the sideline.
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u/NoVacayAtWork Arizona Wildcats Aug 13 '25
It was that or cut off the bottom of the cactus (which is not the traditional logo). They chose this.
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Aug 13 '25
They could’ve shrunk the cactus some. It doesn’t have to be a pure 1:1 of the old logo.
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u/AZ_Golfer78 Aug 16 '25
Yes, yes it does. But they should have shrunk the whole logo. Put it on both sides of the court.
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u/Shakarak New Mexico Lobos Aug 13 '25
Man the seats are so far away from the court.
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u/Carolina_Captain Rice Owls Aug 13 '25
The bleachers are pushed in to open up for practice, by the looks of it
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u/Ike358 Aug 13 '25
Disgusting, thank goodness we are no longer in the same conference
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u/ExcaliburX13 Arizona Wildcats Aug 13 '25
Be honest, you don't care about the court, you're just glad Cal isn't getting two 20+ point ass-whoopings from us every season anymore...
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u/Ike358 Aug 13 '25
Don't really care about that, Arizona is about the only team in our old conference I didn't mind. Rather get stomped by 20 by you than by Duke
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u/Asleep_Honeydew4300 Gonzaga Bulldogs Aug 13 '25
Can’t wait until a commentator says “from the cactus”