Does anyone remember rubber floor basketball courts?

sasquatch

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Sat Mar-12-05 04:38 PM
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Does anyone remember rubber floor basketball courts?

My old High School used to have one but they put a wood court over top of it in 1988 because the guys the played basketball said it burned them badly if they slid across it. I just saw a Pistol Pete clip on ESPN Classic that had him playing at NC State and they had a rubber floor and it just brought back the memories.

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Bok_Tukalo

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Sat Mar-12-05 04:41 PM
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1. There was a school we played against with a rubber court

We played them a few times per year. You came to realize where the "dead spots" in the court were.

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sasquatch

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Sat Mar-12-05 04:47 PM
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2. What do you mean by "Dead spot"?

Where did you play at by the way?

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Bok_Tukalo

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Sat Mar-12-05 07:17 PM
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3. "Dead spot"

A place in the court where the ball would not have the same bounce as the rest of the court.

I played in Wickes Arkansas. The school I am talking about though was Cove Arkansas.

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Floogeldy

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Sat Mar-12-05 07:18 PM
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4. I prefer the trampoline floors, myself

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sasquatch

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Sat Mar-12-05 09:45 PM
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11. Like in Slamball

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Bertha Venation

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Sat Mar-12-05 07:21 PM
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5. the LA Baptist College basketball teams once played on carpet.

The "gym" was nothing of the kind; it was a huge multi-purpose room at a church that was part of another Christian campus. The pattern on the carpet was a regulation basketball court, and there were non-retractable wooden backboards built into the ceiling.

Oh, the rug burns we treated for weeks afterwards.

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sasquatch

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Sat Mar-12-05 09:22 PM
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7. Damn!

Did you play on the carpet or did you treat the people that did.
:hurts:
Man just the thought of the rug burns:(

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Bertha Venation

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Sun Mar-13-05 02:24 PM
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12. I treated them.

And you never HEARD so much whining about making them keep those damned burns covered. They only believed it was necessary when they had to sit out a game because they couldn't bend the knee. :eyes:

Never played basketball myself.

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Huckebein the Raven

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Sat Mar-12-05 07:22 PM
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6. Yes I do and I have many a scar because of those courts

when I played basketball.

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sasquatch

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Sat Mar-12-05 09:23 PM
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8. Where did you play at? What position?

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Huckebein the Raven

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Sat Mar-12-05 09:31 PM
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10. I played in a league in 8th grade here in Memphis.

Edited on Sat Mar-12-05 09:31 PM by Dark_Leftist

Most of our games were played at my Middle School which had that type of floor. I usually played Shooting Guard or Small Forward.

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yvr girl

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Sat Mar-12-05 09:24 PM
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9. I remember those.

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