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Florida SouthWestern State College Athletics unveiled the unique design for the playing floor in Suncoast Credit Union Arena, the future home for\u00a0FSW\u00a0men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball teams.<\/p>\nFlorida SouthWestern State College Athletics unveiled the unique design for the playing floor in Suncoast Credit Union Arena, the future home for\u00a0FSW\u00a0men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball teams.<\/p>\n
Designed by\u00a0FSW\u00a0Sports Information Director Michael Hill, the Buccaneers\u2019 court design, outlined in purple, features the school\u2019s primary Buc head logo and nickname \u201cBucs\u201d at center court with “Florida SouthWestern” along both baselines. The court also features the text \u201cWe Are\u00a0FSW\u201d located on the sideline opposite of the team benches.<\/p>\n
The most recognizable feature of the new court will be four palm trees that nearly stretch sideline to sideline. The palm trees, each in a dark stain, are a nod to the home of the\u00a0FSW\u00a0Lee campus and Suncoast Credit Union Arena, Fort Myers, and its nickname, \u2018City of Palms\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are so excited about the grand opening of Suncoast Credit Union Arena and many outstanding events and memories to come,\u201d said\u00a0FSW\u00a0Director of Athletics Carl McAloose. \u201cI believe with the people, climate and beautiful surroundings we are all fortunate to be living in paradise and our court design reflects that. We live in the \u2018City of Palms\u2019 so we feel that the palm trees are appropriate and unique to SWFL.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis court along with brand new Suncoast Credit Union Arena are arguably our biggest billboards in terms of free exposure, so we felt that we had to continue to ignite the interest of our fans, alumni and recruits with a special design,\u201d said Hill. \u201cI think it’s a very unique floor and a continuation of all the exciting things that are happening at Florida SouthWestern State College and in\u00a0FSW\u00a0athletics.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fans will get their first look at the new court when the\u00a0FSW\u00a0men’s and women’s basketball teams tip off their 2016-17 home schedule with a doubleheader at Suncoast Credit Union Arena on\u00a0Tuesday, November 29. The women will start things off with a\u00a06 p.m.\u00a0matchup against Hillsborough CC, followed by the men\u2019s contest against Broward College at\u00a08 p.m.<\/p>\n
For the latest news on\u00a0FSW\u00a0Athletics, log on to\u00a0FSWBucs.com<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0stay connected to the Bucs on social media. Follow the Buccaneers on Twitter\u00a0@FSWBucs<\/a>,\u00a0on Instagram@FSWBucs<\/a>,\u00a0on Facebook at\u00a0Facebook.com\/FSWBucs<\/a>\u00a0and on Snapchat at\u00a0BucsSnaps<\/a>.<\/p>\n COURT FACTS<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The performance floor uses about 40,000 pieces of random length maple 2.25\u201d wide.<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a033 tires were diverted from a landfill to make the rezill pedestal pads for the performance floor.<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Over 220,000 nails were used to assemble the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Florida SouthWestern State College Athletics unveiled the unique design for the playing floor in Suncoast Credit Union Arena, the future home for\u00a0FSW\u00a0men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball teams. Designed by\u00a0FSW\u00a0Sports… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":41231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[190],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}