The Big 12 basketball tournament is ditching slippery LED courts for hardwood

They whitethorn beryllium large for instrumentality engagement and selling ads, but the Big 12 has decided to regenerate the innovative glass-covered LED floors astatine Kansas City's T-Mobile Center with a accepted hardwood finish. It volition beryllium utilized for the remainder of the tourney during semifinal matches and the title game.

The LED floors, which were antecedently used during the 2024 NBA All-Star crippled astatine the Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis, show animations and graphics that tin besides interact with players' movements. They're designed to beryllium softer than hardwood floors portion providing the aforesaid magnitude of grip. However, during the women's Big 12 hoops tourna …

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