(10-14-2015 04:54 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote: Never seen Apps till now... Theirs looks pretty nice... One of the nicer ones on the conference.
There's def. several schools lacking in basketball facilities in the conference tho.
Coastal's looks nice on the outside not sure about that inside though.
IMO. Top 3 are Troy, UTA USA/ULL
I've seen all of them in person other than your 3 newest members (GS, APP, CC) and honestly there are some really nice arenas in the SBC
1. UTA hands down really nice and if they get a good team and can pack the lower bowl it will be the best homecourt advantage in the Belt
2. Troy would be the perfect size for a SBC arena with a winning program. Don't care for how Troy color coded your seats..basically camouflage so you can't see all the empty seats. Other than that really nice inside and out.
Those two would rank in the top 4 of CUSA also ..I'm bias so Western would be after UTA and a tossup between UNCC and Troy
3. Little Rock (isn't this your new name?) doesn't have the finish look as UTA and Troy but a very good place to watch a game with great sight lines
4. UL-L I believe they are updating the arena...needed it. Back in the day when UL-L was getting 8+ it was a hard place to win in. Today it's way to large and needs downsized and my biggest complaint...need to find a way to bring in the seating closer to the court
5. USA just as with the Cajun Dome, USA had a a great homecourt when they had fans. Unless it's been updated in the last 3 years..it needs it and like UL-L downsized to the 7k range
6. ASU looks a lot nicer from the outside than when you walk into the place. Needs major improvement which I believe is getting done. Again this is a old school arena that needs to be downsized to the 7k range. Had to be the worse lighting in the SBC and if one seat rocks the whole row does. At least it did 5 rows behind the Western bench. Don't worry about that because ASU gives the visiting team the worse seats of any school in the SBC. If you look to the end of the court they give you (at Western pass list) the seats in the bleachers and those are awful seats. I got in free (pass list) but ended up paying $50 for two seats. Partly because of not being able to see from the seats they gave us. But mostly so I could say something to the big old cow of a lady that would fit right in with the "pictures of walmart" usher. Cheif knows who I'm talking about
7. reminds me of a rodeo arena and the seats are way to far from the court. I hope ULM fixed their parking lot because driving through it was like taking a ride on a old wooden roller coaster..my teeth were chattering hitting all the bumps
8. Texas st...THE WALL!!!! I believe you are taking it down and when you do I would move the arena to 6th
9. GST ...there is nothing good you can say about it. My high school that I played in 38 years ago was better and larger. Not only does it have two walls ..one at each end. You cant get from the bottom seats to the upper deck without walking out of the gym (it's a gym not a arena) and for a 3500/4000 seat gym the upper deck seats really sit far from the court