I've always thought that the buzzer Mercer uses is somewhat of "high school style" in my opinion. Yes, I know certain NBA teams use that style...but it's just not appealing to the ear. I also think the alternative sounding buzzer just gives off the impression of a more quality venue. Since Mercer has the tournament on ESPN the next few years (at minimum) I thought it might be a relatively cheap upgrade that would go a long way.
Here's a youtube clip of the style I'm talking about:

(01-13-2011 01:47 PM)MercerFan Wrote:  I've always thought that the buzzer Mercer uses is somewhat of "high school style" in my opinion. Yes, I know certain NBA teams use that style...but it's just not appealing to the ear. I also think the alternative sounding buzzer just gives off the impression of a more quality venue. Since Mercer has the tournament on ESPN the next few years (at minimum) I thought it might be a relatively cheap upgrade that would go a long way.
Here's a youtube clip of the style I'm talking about:

I agree with you as Belmont probably has the same buzzer. Wish we had the kind in the example. I can only guess the buzzer we currently have cuts through crowd noise better but otherwise it is very annoying.

A lot of quality basketball teams have it, regardless of arena size.

I've been meaning to bring this back, but Mercer DID upgrade the arena buzzer. I want to believe this thread helped in that, but I know it's likely just the leadership at Mercer. They upgrade the little minor things along with the major.