Toughest Arenas in the Big Ten per BT coaches!

[Blimpy]

Mackey Arena by a wide margin of coaches best climate for basketball, fans are unbelievable!
MY list as of today:
Purdue - Hands down
Nebraska - great crowd
Rutgers - can rock
Michigan ST.
Maryland-
Indiana- great history, need to tear it down start over.
Illinois

 

[tjreese]

Mackey Arena by a wide margin of coaches best climate for basketball, fans are unbelievable!
MY list as of today:
Purdue - Hands down
Nebraska - great crowd
Rutgers - can rock
Michigan ST.
Maryland-
Indiana- great history, need to tear it down start over.
Illinois

Indiana is a safety concern. Not only are fans too close as recently shown when a ref got to hear one and threw him out, but there just isn't enough room outside the lines. First row needs to go and teams moved back so the ref doesn't have to attempt to provide three feet to throw ball in bounds when contested or players twisting ankles on others too close.. Additionally, periodic checking of I beams should be mandatory and droning of mantra should be moved away from TV and those with brain activity

 

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[Chi-Boiler]

Indiana is a safety concern. Not only are fans too close as recently shown when a ref got to hear one and threw him out, but there just isn't enough room outside the lines. First row needs to go and teams moved back so the ref doesn't have to attempt to provide three feet to throw ball in bounds when contested or players twisting ankles on others too close.. Additionally, periodic checking of I beams should be mandatory and droning of mantra should be moved away from TV and those with brain activity

I've always thought the same thing about that court and others as well. Coaches barely have room on the sidelines to stand. Players inbounding the ball, same thing. I think Allen Fieldhouse is similar but it's hard to tell because their benches are on the same side as the main court cameras.