Stadium Reviews

Taking in a Niagara Purple Eagles basketball game offers fans an intimate local for Division I basketball on a small campus.  Gallagher Center offers a solid environment and fans won’t be able to complain about the price tag.

Moody Coliseum has all the modern accessories that fans enjoy, but what really makes Moody Coliseum special is the intimate feel of its basketball gymnasium.

The Eblen Center’s exterior has a subtle coliseum feel, with brick construction and large glass entrances. Inside, however, the court area feels more modern, featuring a seating bowl made entirely of padded black seats that complement the school’s purple-and-gold color scheme.

The Dedmon Center is an architecturally unique arena. Attending a Radford basketball game feels like watching basketball in a giant tent, with a fabric roof overhead, and giant curtains on the sides. The unusual setup ensures this doesn't just feel like some generic arena as many other places do, and the pregame introductions try to set the stage, but there is so much more potential here if Radford would draw better crowds.

The Ryan Center is an excellent venue that suffers in comparison to its peers primarily due to its location. Place this outstanding arena in a more populated area, and the rave reviews would roll in. Still, it’s a great place to catch a basketball game. If you’re planning a Stadium Journey through New England, the Ryan Center should absolutely be on your list.

Located in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., Marymount University is a Catholic college, whose sports teams, known as the Saints, compete at the Division III level of the NCAA. The Saints basketball team plays on Marymount's main campus at Converse Family Field House. The arena is located within the Rose Bente Lee Center, which also contains several other student recreational facilities. It is named not after the athletic shoe brand but after the Converse fa

Since the Phoenix Suns have welcomed professional sports competition in the desert, they have continued to prosper.  Mortgage Matchup Center is one of the top basketball-centric venues in the NBA and provides the Suns with the opportunity for an excellent gameday experience.

War Memorial at the Sobrato Center is a hidden gem for college basketball fans.

I’ve been coming to see the Spurs at Frost Bank Center since day one. What they have always done and still do well is make the games feel like big events. This is not always easy to do during the long NBA season.

The Waterloo Warriors have now fully embraced the renovation to the PAC.  Carl Totzke Court @ Physical Activities Complex is a comparable facility to other USports programs and the Warriors are slowly improving.  Returning to the success of the seventies and eighties is the ultimate goal, and providing fans a solid gameday experience is a step in the right direction.

The Toronto Raptors find themselves back in contention in the Eastern Conference.  Even when they were in the midst of their rebuild, the Raptors put together one of the elite NBA experiences at Scotiabank Arena, one that fans should not miss out on.

The atmosphere inside Kimmel Arena is not overwhelming or particularly intimidating for visiting teams, but for an NCAA Division I venue, it generates a surprising amount of energy.

The Butcher Athletic Center is the on-campus home of the Rams’ men’s and women’s basketball teams.

Once a year the Brock Badgers “Paint the Meridian Red” storming downtown St. Catharines.  This basketball event is one of the elite USports basketball events and one of the few off campus events.  Taking in the Badgers at Meridian Centre will definitely make fans See Red!

Memorial Gymnasium in Rushville, Indiana, has been home to high school basketball since 1926.

Ahead of the 2025–26 season, New Orleans native and rapper Master P joined the staff as general manager and assistant coach, injecting new life and hype into a program still rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina over 20 years ago.

UMass Dartmouth offers an entertaining night of basketball at an affordable price. Fans who like their hoops with a side of architecture may wish to visit UMass Dartmouth for another reason entirely. A tour of the Paul Rudolph-designed campus can be just as interesting as the action on the court.

For an arena built in 1968, the Ohio University Convocation Center is a rather decent place to watch basketball.

The GSU Convocation Center is a great place to take in a Panther’s game.

Maples Pavilion offers an accessible, affordable, and intimate college basketball experience. The atmosphere is solid but not electric.