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The trees are all towering toward center court too where oregon s o logo sits above the words deep in the woods.
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The awe inspiring design of oregon s new arena floor at matthew knight arena in some ways acts as an inkblot test of one s personality at first glance do you wonder what s with the ugly splotch.
When the ducks take the floor graves is expecting to contend for the.
Referees may be too since the minor unimportant things on a basketball floor like out of bounds lines and free throw.
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The innovative aspect of the floor is just par for the course for a school that has its football players wearing eye popping colors and designs on their nike uniforms.
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The floor was designed by tinker hatfield nike s vp of creative design who intended to design an iconic television presence possible for the university of oregon and honor the tall firs the nickname of the 1938 39 oregon ducks men s basketball team winners of the inaugural ncaa basketball championship.
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But to put this much thought into it also says a lot about how oregon sees its basketball program going into the future as one that needs to generate buzz rather than grow stale.
The oregon ducks men s basketball team is an intercollegiate basketball program that competes in the ncaa division i and is a member of the pac 12 conference representing the university of oregon the ducks play their home games at matthew knight arena which has a capacity of 12 364 then coached by howard hobson oregon won the first ncaa men s basketball national championship in 1939.
And the floor itself showcases a brown and tan silhouette of a fir tree forest a common site in the pacific northwest but also an homage to the tall firs the name given to oregon s 1939 team that won the ncaa title.