WATCH TONIGHT: Trojans, Ducks break in new arena at 7:30 PM on PRIME TICKET
By Baxter Holmes
Los Angeles Times
At tipoff Thursday night in Eugene, Ore., USC and Oregon players can gaze down at the most unusual and iconic court in all of college basketball.
And if they gaze up, they'll find the largest and most advanced center-hung scoreboard in all of college athletics.
And all around them, whether from the end lines, sidelines, or the steeply-tiered seats sitting practically on top of the court, more than 12,000 Oregon fans will be at fever pitch as the referees toss the ball up, commencing the opening of the Ducks' gleaming $200-million Matthew Knight Arena.
But as they do, college basketball's second-oldest on-campus arena, McArthur Court, a musty and raucous barn house of a building that for 84 years was the Duck's home, will officially have met its end.
"Mac Court"
