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re: Ranking the SEC Basketball Arenas
Posted on 2/7/24 at 2:13 pm to GentleJackJones
Posted on 2/7/24 at 2:13 pm to GentleJackJones
#1 Rupp Arena
#2-14 Don't matter
#2-14 Don't matter
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Posted on 2/7/24 at 2:49 pm to Landmass
delete: forgot yall built new. Doh!
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Posted on 2/7/24 at 3:19 pm to GentleJackJones
I can only rank the ones I have been to:
1. Rupp - history echos in the walls. It’s a visit everyone should make once.
2. Bud Walton - museum is great. Fans are great. Also, historically great. I wish I had gone to see a game when Nolan had them at the peak.
3. Auburn - jungle baby.
4. Thompson Boling - fun environment and good venue. Outside is ugly.
5. Pavilion (Rebs) - shocked at how nice it was. Looks like a professional arena. I prefer the Tad Pad and even walked over to it and went inside. Had dirt where the arena used to be. Rodeo?
6. Coleman. Airplane hanger that I have not been to since the renovation. Wealthy program that won’t spend the money on the building since the ball is round.
1. Rupp - history echos in the walls. It’s a visit everyone should make once.
2. Bud Walton - museum is great. Fans are great. Also, historically great. I wish I had gone to see a game when Nolan had them at the peak.
3. Auburn - jungle baby.
4. Thompson Boling - fun environment and good venue. Outside is ugly.
5. Pavilion (Rebs) - shocked at how nice it was. Looks like a professional arena. I prefer the Tad Pad and even walked over to it and went inside. Had dirt where the arena used to be. Rodeo?
6. Coleman. Airplane hanger that I have not been to since the renovation. Wealthy program that won’t spend the money on the building since the ball is round.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 3:50 pm to SECdragonmaster
Only been to 3, but here's what I think of those.... and then the rest:
1. But Walton - Huge. Great sight lines. Crowd always engaged and energetic
2. Tennessee - Big. The whole tower of suites on one side is a weird visual.
3. Missouri - Small. Choppy. Crowd dead unless responding to something on the court. Antlers just unoriginal and crude.
The Rest - Based off watching on Tv
Auburn - tiny but seems to get pretty loud
Kentucky - historic. big. sounds like a morgue 75% of the time
S. Car - Mini Bud Walton. Fans just learning how to basketball
Ol Miss - Seems like a nice little place to play ball
TAMU - I still remember G Rollie White coliseum so this is a huge step up
FU - nothing spectacular but when Billy D had it rolling, it was a tough venue
PMAC - Needs to be replaced but when they're good the coonasses can get rowdy
The Hump - Meh
Vandy - Complete dump. Gets this spot in the rankings because of its weirdness
UGA - Always seems dark on TV - like they need to replace a few lightbulbs
Bama - Looked old and worn out 30 years ago
1. But Walton - Huge. Great sight lines. Crowd always engaged and energetic
2. Tennessee - Big. The whole tower of suites on one side is a weird visual.
3. Missouri - Small. Choppy. Crowd dead unless responding to something on the court. Antlers just unoriginal and crude.
The Rest - Based off watching on Tv
Auburn - tiny but seems to get pretty loud
Kentucky - historic. big. sounds like a morgue 75% of the time
S. Car - Mini Bud Walton. Fans just learning how to basketball
Ol Miss - Seems like a nice little place to play ball
TAMU - I still remember G Rollie White coliseum so this is a huge step up
FU - nothing spectacular but when Billy D had it rolling, it was a tough venue
PMAC - Needs to be replaced but when they're good the coonasses can get rowdy
The Hump - Meh
Vandy - Complete dump. Gets this spot in the rankings because of its weirdness
UGA - Always seems dark on TV - like they need to replace a few lightbulbs
Bama - Looked old and worn out 30 years ago
Posted on 2/7/24 at 3:54 pm to Mstate
The PMAC looks like a flying saucer and should have been part of Epcot
Posted on 2/7/24 at 4:02 pm to McGregor
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When they leave Coleman, most of us will lose our season tickets so I hope they stay a bit.
Bingo! It’s not that bad! Just need to move the student section to one sideline….
Posted on 2/7/24 at 4:04 pm to BenHOGan1
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Missouri Small.
It’s the sixth largest SEC arena with a whole two schools in between it and Arkansas.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 4:13 pm to TheTideMustRoll
Memorial gym is quirky but Coleman coliseum is a dump.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 4:17 pm to Tuscaloosa
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Nah. MSU’s Humphrey Coliseum is firmly in the bottom 2.
Attended a game at the Hump a couple of weeks ago. It far exceeded by low expectations. They’ve done a fantastic job in the concourses and it feels brand new. It blows Coleman out of the water. Plus your seat faces the court unlike Colemane where tons of seats are at an angle and you have to turn your head to see the game.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 4:49 pm to Captain Falcon
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Shout out to the Tad Pad and the colony of squirrels that have occupied it for the last 30 years.
I miss the sad pad. The only basketball arena to have a game rained out due to roof leaks
Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:36 pm to deltaland
Also I was at a game in the tad pad when the lights went out and they had one of those shitty lighting systems that takes like 10 minutes for the lights to fully come on. Tad pad rocked though when the Rebs were good. Marshall Henderson has some kino moments in there.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:12 pm to GentleJackJones
1-13. IDK
14. Shitty PMAC
14. Shitty PMAC
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:14 pm to TheTideMustRoll
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1. Kentucky 2-14. I don't know 15. Alabama 16. Vandy
Much criticism toward Vandy athletics is justified. But ranking Vandy’s basketball arena dead last is just wrong and shows ignorance.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:16 pm to TideCPA
Tad Pad will always be 1
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:28 pm to GentleJackJones
I like Coleman because it is big and can get rowdy for important games. I know it is dark and oddly shaped but a big game there has always been fun.
I hope this plan to downsize into a new arena fails.
I hope this plan to downsize into a new arena fails.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:46 pm to Poker_hog
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We’re probably #2 in attendance but #1 in DEI which is impressive in a league with A&M.
How in the hell does a fan of a team that has a gay love triangle on the basketball team make this comment?
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