New Floor

[Red Rum]

Just gonna throw this out there, it could be that the "oops" was on the person animating that new floor video and not what the floor will actually look like. Also I'd rather have the state outline floor back. 

[hhcmatt]

I will say I do like the red outer background of the court

[49r]

21 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

You're looking at it from a bad angle

 

 

Those are two different courts.  Look at the free throw lanes.  One is red and one is not.  The one you posted here is the original one from when PBA opened and @hugh42 posted the more recent one.  Inquiring minds what to know what happened to the serif on the N!

[49r]

And why is the university not obeying it's own branding guidelines here?

[hhcmatt]

19 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

Those are two different courts.  Look at the free throw lanes.  One is red and one is not.  The one you posted here is the original one from when PBA opened and @hugh42 posted the more recent one.  Inquiring minds what to know what happened to the serif on the N!

 

 

Oh sorry I just assumed he was asking about the old one since the 2019-2024 court is clearly correct

 

 

[hhcmatt]

20 minutes ago, 49r said:

And why is the university not obeying it's own branding guidelines here?

 

It's clearly a mistake that wasn't caught.

 

What if they looked at the old mockups from 2019, decided that a modified version of #1 was desired, and didn't notice that the N was wrong.

 

 

[hhcmatt]

The license plates aren't correct either.

Nebraska can use some of my white electrical tape to fix the court

 

[49r]

1 hour ago, hhcmatt said:

 

 

Oh sorry I just assumed he was asking about the old one since the 2019-2024 court is clearly correct

 

 

 

Your photo here is not the 2019-2024 court.  That's the 2013-2019 one.  You can tell because it doesn't have the 22' 1.75" three point line which was implemented at the start of the 2019-20 season (it also has the old restricted area arc from when the rule changed in 2015 but they kept the old one for the women).  In 2019-20 they redid the court which included painted lanes which @hugh42 showed in his example with the Ns with the missing serifs:

 

[Huskerpapa]

https://huskerextra.com/news/basketball/mens-basketball/no-more-shots-from-scottsbluff-new-nebraska-basketball-court-design-edits-out-state-graphic/article_282eca88-865c-11ef-8e42-b7a18225bffd.html

[Dead Dog Alley]

On 10/7/2024 at 8:15 PM, lang said:

I bet Hugh can !!  Back row L to Rt- don’t know, Martz, Trotter, Jackman, Hoppen, Vic L, name can’t remember- but I think he was on Husker team a few years( he was from Hastings or Beatrice?), Kellog, don’t know and I don’t know the front guys.  
 

This pic was REALLY stumping me until you said high school all-stars.  Da, it just wasn’t computing…gettin old.

Anyone with an OWH subscription can get the names: https://omaha.com/sports/high-school/plus/this-is-what-happened-when-all-of-nebraskas-top-high-school-players-were-on-the/article_9915c362-ac76-5c46-a975-773433cf2702.html

 

[hhcmatt]

18 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

Your photo here is not the 2019-2024 court.  That's the 2013-2019 one.  You can tell because it doesn't have the 22' 1.75" three point line which was implemented at the start of the 2019-20 season (it also has the old restricted area arc from when the rule changed in 2015 but they kept the old one for the women).  In 2019-20 they redid the court which included painted lanes which @hugh42 showed in his example with the Ns with the missing serifs:

 

 

Yeah you're right!

 

[LincecumFan]

My word, all the serious grinding on one very small appendage on the letter "N". We REALLY need to get this season started.

[Bugeaters1]

My word, all the serious grinding on one very small appendage on the letter "N". We REALLY need to get this season started.

People don't like change me included. I don't like the fact that the university went all paperless.

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[hhcmatt]

13 hours ago, LincecumFan said:

My word, all the serious grinding on one very small appendage on the letter "N". We REALLY need to get this season started.

 

[49r]

To be fair, I think I prefer the new N with the missing serif.  It's just wild to me that they used it on the PBA court contrary to the University's own branding guidelines.

 

I did look at the N's in Nebraska on both Tom Osborne field and Terry Pettit court and they both include the missing serif so I don't know what's exactly going on here.

[49r]

It appears that getting rid of the state outline on hoops courts might be a trend:

 

 

[HuskerFever]

15 hours ago, LincecumFan said:

My word, all the serious grinding on one very small appendage on the letter "N". We REALLY need to get this season started.

 

Why spend all the legal fees to trademark something if you're not even going to use it?

 

Edit to add: it's the whole reason why other logos have different shapes to the 'N', like Navy for example.

 

Edited October 10 by HuskerFever

[Handy Johnson]

46 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Why spend all the legal fees to trademark something if you're not even going to use it?

 

Edit to add: it's the whole reason why other logos have different shapes to the 'N', like Navy for example.

 

Hey, That’s the Minnesota North Stars ️ Logo…!!! 

[LincecumFan]

1 hour ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Why spend all the legal fees to trademark something if you're not even going to use it?

 

Edit to add: it's the whole reason why other logos have different shapes to the 'N', like Navy for example.

 

At the risk of being burned at the stake (and please be kind with me) let me ask, then why not put the scripted, trade-marked "N" on the side of the football helmets?

[hhcmatt]

21 minutes ago, LincecumFan said:

At the risk of being burned at the stake (and please be kind with me) let me ask, then why not put the scripted, trade-marked "N" on the side of the football helmets?

 

Football helmets have their own designed brand that I would assume is because that's how it's always been.

 

 

 

Here is the most recent brand guide. If we're going to use the Rockwell N instead of the Iron N for courts, put it in the guide.

 

https://licensing.unl.edu/sites/unl.edu.university-communication.licensing/files/media/file/FINAL-23-Brand-Guide.pdf

[Handy Johnson]

24 minutes ago, LincecumFan said:

At the risk of being burned at the stake (and please be kind with me) let me ask, then why not put the scripted, trade-marked "N" on the side of the football helmets?

Apples & Oranges  

[Nighthawk]

3 hours ago, 49r said:

It appears that getting rid of the state outline on hoops courts might be a trend:

 

 

 

Maybe so...but they still have the hog. I'd have preferred we went the KU route and had a giant Herbie staring up at the opposing team than a giant N in the middle of the court...but then again...the "N stands for Knowledge". 

[Handy Johnson]

26 minutes ago, Nighthawk said:

 

Maybe so...but they still have the hog. I'd have preferred we went the KU route and had a giant Herbie staring up at the opposing team than a giant N in the middle of the court...but then again...the "N stands for Knowledge". 

I’ve always told Smart Asses the “N” Stands for National Champions or Number One…! 

[LincecumFan]

2 hours ago, hhcmatt said:

 

Football helmets have their own designed brand that I would assume is because that's how it's always been.

 

 

 

Here is the most recent brand guide. If we're going to use the Rockwell N instead of the Iron N for courts, put it in the guide.

 

https://licensing.unl.edu/sites/unl.edu.university-communication.licensing/files/media/file/FINAL-23-Brand-Guide.pdf

Thank you for providing the Brand Guide, hhcmatt. It was a very interesting read. Definitely some items in there that I did not realize. And by the way, I merely asked the question to stimulate discussion.

[49r]

21 hours ago, LincecumFan said:

My word, all the serious grinding on one very small appendage on the letter "N". We REALLY need to get this season started.

 

I guess it's a lot better than having long threads opining on what Fred will need to do to keep his job this year.