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I've made no attempt to hide my love for the Sport Court flooring that Marquette Volleyball uses. If you catch enough of MU's road matches via video streaming, you'll see a lot of teams slapping some tape down on the court in their on campus arena and think that's enough.
It's not.
For starters, it looks terrible. On top of that, it makes the game slightly harder to watch when there's just a 1" white line on the wood flooring separating in bounds from out of bounds. With Marquette's Sport Court, the broad blue borders provide a clear definition on that issue. Plus, the plastic sport court has to at least be slightly more fun to fall down on than a hardwood floor.
So imagine my excitement when I saw this:
Continuing work done by Gerflor on our new Teraflex court at the Al McGuire Center. #ncaavb pic.twitter.com/GhwxMxGulm
— Marquette Volleyball (@MarquetteVB) August 6, 2014
AW, YEAH. Fancy new floor! From the rolls on the right side of the picture, it appears that this is a rollable floor as opposed to the old floor, which was a bunch of interconnected tiles. I imagine this has to make it a little softer to land on, and it probably makes it a lot easier for athletics staff to put down and take back up again after matches.
I'm looking forward to the start of the volleyball season, and if you're so inclined, season tickets are already on sale.
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