I actually like them, unlike the Braves themselves. Also, I find it odd that they wear the new all-blue hats, but still wear red-brimmed helmets.

On to another mini-rant about standardized branding. For how many years has the NCAA been laying down generic court colors for the regionals? Last year, I believe that the eight sites (men + women) were all blue with white letters. This year, black with blue. And, just to make another tenuous connection with the previous paragraph: they had to use the standard, stock fonts — someone above referred to it as the “lolcat” font.

For me, part of the fun each year has been the colorful diversity of the venues. (I know they’ve changed the courts for the Final Four for years, but I still smile when I remember the NC State-Houston game played in New Mexico — with “LOBOS” clearly marked on the endline. Why does every court now have to look identical? We get it; they’re NCAA sites. But the bottom line: Bland. Boring. Ugly.

86 posts and everyone missed it. They are blue suede asics. Get it, Las Vegas, Elvis, Blue Suede shoes?

Bryan Redemske said:

Mark MihaIik said:

Stuby said:

Walaitis said:

Stevo said:

Walaitis said:

todd krevanchi said:

stadium configuration at the coliseum for one of the upcoming sox/dodgers games
http://www.jethawks....

Nice catch! I was wondering when that would appear. It’s a shame, though … I mean, the logistics of dugouts on the field, a temporary “foul ball” net in the middle of grass, and what set of seats need to be blocked out for a batter’s eye? Too many issues here. I would have MUCH preferred to have seen a “Polo Grounds” type field with 600 feet to dead center.

They’re recreating the original layout of the Coliseum.

Well, offering a tribute to, yes … recreating …` maybe only in where the infield dirt sat.

They have actually reconfigured the Coliseum in the past 10-20 years. They removed the Olympic track and, I think, lowered the playing surface to add more seats closer to the USC Song Girls. It would be impossible to exactly duplicate the 1958 configuration.

I’m really bummed that this game isn’t nationally televised. I understand the significance of the Civil Rights game and all that, but ESPN should’ve televised both.

I would just love to see this in HD. How cool does that look?

Actually, I watched the first few innings (free MLB Extra Innings on the dish this week), and it’s really, really unsettling. The main camera is in deep right-center field, making the view very strange. And the standards for the backstop are pretty much always in the way of any behind-the-plate shot. Still, though, very cool idea.

Yeah, I just saw the highlights on SportsCenter, and the pitcher-batter camera angle was indeed bizarre. Still, it looked like quite a spectacle. Just check out some of the really strange shots from the game…

http://images.sports...
http://d.yimg.com/us...
http://images.sports...

And this is just beautiful (it almost doesn’t even look real):

http://d.yimg.com/a/...

I went to the game. It was definitely a sight to be seen. The Dodgers went with five infielders, bringing Andruw Jones in…leaving left field empty (it was only 200 feet from home plate-shorter than the fences in the little league world series).

Really a cool thing to see.

Stevo said:

Just noticed something near the end of the UNC-Louisville game. They showed a closeup of Denny Green shooting a free throw, and his jeresy was missing the memorial parth for Eve Carson. It took me a minute to remember that, earlier in the game, Green had gotten a cut on his head and had to be taken out of the game because of blood. He must’ve had to have changed jerseys, and the backup blood jeresy didn’t have the patch on it.

good call stevo

you can see green without the eve patch (far right) in this pic;

and in this pic the patch is clearly missing

(see this pic for reference as to where the patch should be)

question…since im not particularly familiar with the ‘blood jersey’…if he had to wear it, wouldn’t it NOT have had his number? or do they keep ‘backup’ jerseys for each player?

failing that, is it possible the patch just plain fell off?

any help would be appreciated

at the acc tourney, the EVE patches were being distributed to fans in sticker form. most wore them as a show of solidarity with the team.

im sure they did the same last week in raleigh, and now here back in charlotte. if that element of the uniform was important, a quick sticker fix could have been implementedd.

Mark MihaIik said:

Stuby said:

Walaitis said:

Stevo said:

Walaitis said:

todd krevanchi said:

stadium configuration at the coliseum for one of the upcoming sox/dodgers games
http://www.jethawks....

Nice catch! I was wondering when that would appear. It’s a shame, though … I mean, the logistics of dugouts on the field, a temporary “foul ball” net in the middle of grass, and what set of seats need to be blocked out for a batter’s eye? Too many issues here. I would have MUCH preferred to have seen a “Polo Grounds” type field with 600 feet to dead center.

They’re recreating the original layout of the Coliseum.

Well, offering a tribute to, yes … recreating …` maybe only in where the infield dirt sat.

They have actually reconfigured the Coliseum in the past 10-20 years. They removed the Olympic track and, I think, lowered the playing surface to add more seats closer to the USC Song Girls. It would be impossible to exactly duplicate the 1958 configuration.

I’m really bummed that this game isn’t nationally televised. I understand the significance of the Civil Rights game and all that, but ESPN should’ve televised both.

I would just love to see this in HD. How cool does that look?

Actually, I watched the first few innings (free MLB Extra Innings on the dish this week), and it’s really, really unsettling. The main camera is in deep right-center field, making the view very strange. And the standards for the backstop are pretty much always in the way of any behind-the-plate shot. Still, though, very cool idea.

Yeah, I just saw the highlights on SportsCenter, and the pitcher-batter camera angle was indeed bizarre. Still, it looked like quite a spectacle. Just check out some of the really strange shots from the game…

http://images.sports...
http://d.yimg.com/us...
http://images.sports...

And this is just beautiful (it almost doesn’t even look real):

http://d.yimg.com/a/...

Interesting concepts on this site – rebranding the nhl unis and logos

Those are some awesome logos and designs. I hope that artist is using his skills to make some money somewhere.

Josh W. said:

Georgia Tech is not technically a Nike school. They do wear Nike shoes, but they’re outfitted by Russell

True – I was putting in all teams that wore Nike shoes.
Prior to 1994 the only teams that had Nike Uniforms were UNLV and Georgetown, so if I was just using teams that were head to toe Nike I couldn’t have included any team other than UNLV and G’Town prior to that year.

Oh ok, that makes sense. Gotcha

Georgia Tech is not technically a Nike school. They do wear Nike shoes, but they’re outfitted by Russell

True – I was putting in all teams that wore Nike shoes.
Prior to 1994 the only teams that had Nike Uniforms were UNLV and Georgetown, so if I was just using teams that were head to toe Nike I couldn’t have included any team other than UNLV and G’Town prior to that year.

Interesting fact about the Elite Eight:

Every game features a Nike team vs. an Adidas team

Louisville (adidas)
vs. UNC (Nike / Jordan)

Memphis (adidas)
vs. Texas (nike)

FUCLA (adidas)
vs. Xavier (Nike)

Kansas (adidas)
vs. Davidson (Nike)

That led me to some research (futile since UNC beat Louisville)
I was curious when the last time the Final Four didn’t have a team wearing Nikes.

I believe it was 1981.
Indiana wore Converse
Virginia wore what appeared to be Pro Keds
UNC wore Converse
I couldn’t find any photos of what LSU wore back then but they wore Converse in 1986 so I doubt they were Nike.
1982 – Georgetown and Houston in Nikes
1983 – Houston in Nikes
1984 – Georgetown and Houston in Nikes
1985 – I believe this was the first all Nike Final Four – G’Town, St. Johns, Memphis State, Villanova (Memphis switched to Converse in 1987)
1986 – Kansas
1987 – Syracuse, UNLV
1988 – Kansas, Arizona (not sure what Oklahoma wore)
1989 – Michigan, Seton Hall
1990 – UNLV
1991 – Kansas, UNLV
1992 – Michigan, Cincinnati
1993 – Michigan
1994 – Duke, Arizona
1995 – UNC, Oklahoma State
1996 – Syracuse, UMass, Mississippi St
1997 – Arizona, UNC, Minnesota
1998 – UNC, Stanford, Kentucky (UK’s first year in Nike)
1999 – UCONN, Duke, Ohio State
2000 – UNC, Florida
2001 – Arizona, Duke, Maryland, Michigan State (MSU’s first year in Nike)
2002 – Maryland, Indiana, Kansas, Oklahoma (Yes, IU did briefly wear Nikes in the Mike Davis era)
2003 – Syracuse, Kansas, Texas, Marquette
2004 – UCONN, Georgia Tech, Duke, Oklahoma St
2005 – UNC, Illinois, Michigan St
2006 – Florida, LSU, George Mason
2007 – Florida, Ohio St, Georgetown

Georgia Tech is not technically a Nike school. They do wear Nike shoes, but they’re outfitted by Russell