The TOP 10 Men's College Basketball Arenas of All-Time.......What are you thinking......ACC has the most.....PAC-10....BIG EAST......METRO

When you think the Top 10 Men's College Basketball Arenas of All-Time.......what comes to mind? The Teams.....that played in them....the coaches that coached in them......or the FANS that packed these Nostalgic Arenas that gave their University an edge in the game.

There isn't too much that goes into what should and will be the BLUEDUDE'S version of the TOP 10 Men's College Basketball Arenas of All-Time. Some on these list might surprise you and some on the list you probably didn't even know existed......who played in the Arena.....and what Conference they were in in that particular span of time.

Let's get to it.....the TOP 10 Men's College Basketball Arenas in no particular order:

CARMICHAEL Auditorium CAP. 7,000 Chapel Hill North Carolina......Home of the North Carolina TAR HEELS: Dean SMITH used to run his FAMOUS FOUR CORNERS in this one....and when they ran it the game was essentially over. Players that played in CARMICHAEL: ACC

Big GAME James WORTHY Charlie SCOTT
Walter the GREYHOUND DAVIS AL WOOD
Michael JORDAN SAM the BIG SMOOTH PERKINS
Jimmy BLACK George KARL Larry BROWN
Billy the KANGAROO KID CUNNINGHAM aka BILLY C

CAMERON INDOOR Stadium CAP. 9500 Durham North Carolina.....Home of the DUKE BLUE DEVILS: The House that COACH Mike KRZYZEWSKI built. The CAMERON CRAZIES is what they call th Student Body when they get it Crack a lackin. The ORIGINAL PLAYERS that put DUKE on the MAP: ACC

Gene BANKS Mike GMINSKI Mark ALARIE
Johnny DAWKINS jay BILAS Tommy AMAKER
Christian LAETNNER Bobby HURLEY Grant HILL
Jason WILLIAMS Elton BRAND Corey MAGGETTE
Jeff CAPEL Steve WOJCIECHOWSKI Chris COLLINS

PAULEY PAVILION CAP. 13000 Westwood Part of Los Angeles CALIFORNIA.....Home of the UCLA BRUINS : The court is names after the LEGEND of WESTWOOD....the late great JOHN WOODEN...enough said. Players who played under Wooden to the present day:
PAC-10

Lew ALCINDOR Bill WALTON Mike WARREN
Jamal KEITH WILKES Walt HAZZARD Marques JOHNSON
Henry BIBBY Sidney WICKS ED O'BANNON Don McLEAN
Darrin DAYE Tracey MURRAY Baron DAVIS Kevin LOVE

FREEDOM HALL CAP. 19000 Louisville Kentucky....Home of the Louisville CARDINALS: The Legend Coach Denny CRUM and the CARDS were and still are what makes LOUISVILLE go round and round. Impressive resume and tradition......what's unique about FREEDOM HALL was the RAISED COURT and the LIGHTS are off in the STANDS when the game is on....makes it real dark and intimate. PLAYERS of NOTE: METRO/Conference USA/Big EAST

Wes UNSELD Butch BEARD Darrell GRIFFITH aka DR. DUNKENSTEIN
Rodney and Scooter McCRAY Junior BRIDGEMAN Lancaster GORDON
Pervis ELLISON CLIFF ROZIER DeJaun WHEAT Jeff HALL
Tony KIMBRO Jason OSBORNE DeWayne MORTON
Billy THOMPSON and MILT WAGNER CAMDEN NJ CONNECT

CARRIER DOME CAP. 35000 Syracuse New York......Home of the Syracuse ORANGEMAN: The HOUSE that current head coach Jim BOEHEIM built. The have had some ROSTERS and Student -Athletes in this joint. Tradition the 'CUSE fans won't sit down until the ORANGE make a BASKET. Players of NOTE: Big EAST

Dave BING Wendell ALEXIS Pearl WASHINGTON
Louis ORR the PLASTIC MAN Rony SEIKALY Sherman the GENERAL DOUGLAS
Derrick COLEMAN Billy OWENS Stephen THOMPSON
Lawrence MOTEN Adrian AUTRY Carmelo ANTHONY
Gerry McNAMARA Hakim WARRICK Leo RAUTINS
John WALLACE Danny SCHAYES


ADOLPH RUPP ARENA CAP 24000 Lexington Kentucky....Home of the Kentucky WILDCATS: The House that Rupp built. Arguably the #1 College basketball place to play. The BLUEGRASS State is NUTS about their WILDCATS. Now Coach CAL has them back and in Business. Notable PLAYERS: SEC

Dan ISSEL Pat RILEY Kyle MACEY
Rick ROBEY Kevin GREVEY Jamal MASHBURN aka MONSTER MASH
Kenny SKY WALKER Sam BOWIE Jack GIVENS
Antione WALKER Derek ANDERSON Tony DELK
Wayne TURNER John WALL DeMarcus COUSINS
Brandon KNIGHT Jeff SHEPPARD Scott PADGETT


Phog ALLEN FIELDHOUSE CAP. 16,500 Lawrence Kansas...Home of the Kansas JAYHAWKS: The Original COURT....named after his truly Dr. NAISMITH......one of their famous chants when they are about to get a W...ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK.........PLAYERS of Note: Big 8/Big12

Wilt CHAMBERLAIN Jo Jo WHITE Danny MANNING
Raef LaFRENTZ Paul PIERCE Drew GOODEN Adonis JORDAN
Mark RANDALL Mark TURGEON Kevin PRITCHARD
Jacque VAUGHN Nick COLLISON kirk HINRICH
Brandon RUSH Rex WALTERS Jerod HASSE


The PIT CAP. 18000 Albuquerque New Mexico......Home of the University of New Mexico LOBOS: The PIT......because it's all underground. Maybe the toughest place to play in the land. BIG WEST/MWC
Players of Note

Kenny THOMAS

Hinkle FIELDHOUSE CAP. 12000 Indianapolis Indiana....Home of the Butler BULLDOGS: A popular team huh.......a few years ago you would have never knew they existed....a couple of MARCH MADNESS DEEP RUNS LATER.......BOOM!.....Coach Brad STEVENS. Players of note:

Gordon HEYWARD Shelvin MACK Matt HOWARD


MAPLES PAVILION Stanford CALIFORNIA.....home of the Stanford CARDINALS
The PALESTRA Philadelphia Pennsylvania....Home of the Penn QUAKERS Ivy LEAGUE
ALUMNI Hall Chicago Illinois......Home of the DePaul BLUE DEMONS
ALUMNI Hall Queens NY......Home of the St. John's Redmen now RED STORM


These are the Best of the Best in my opinion.....a few that I left out......but the HISTORY in the ones up top are unmatched anywhere.