The Vanderbilt Arenatorium looks awesome. I love Broadway and stadiums and I think the balconies and mezzanines and the players literally being on a stage is awesome.

The Virginia Texh one looks like a basketball version of Arrowhead Stadium, with higher corners and looks loud.

These arenas are pretty unique! I have not heard of some of these places!

Pictures simply don’t do it justice just how steep the seats at Assembly Hall are. People who are afraid of heights should avoid the balconies at all costs as it feels like you’re going to fall off them. And anyone who’s been on the court can tell you how intimidatingly close those stands feel.

Idaho looks pretty beautiful, also this just shows how much you don't see when you only casually watch basketball, I had no idea Houstons was so small or that Iowas was underground or that Villanova had that roof.

Vandy actually designed the Inside of there arena so the noice would flow to the court making the arena much louder

In sum - 1.  Small schools or schools with very little basketball success and support have smaller arenas.  2.  Schools who have an old building that the fans have an emotional attachment to keep updating them without tearing them down resulting in odd shapes.  3.  Schools that use them for multiple purposes deal with the standard issues that multiple purpose gyms face.

Gotta mention Gallagher Iba Arena (GIA) in Stillwater Oklahoma, home of Oklahoma State University. Architecture is pretty unique, with the Arena just attached to the east end of the football stadium, and the overhanging rim of seats circling the bball court. The fans feel like they are literally on top of the players during games. GIA is an absolutely crazy atmosphere when it is rocking. So Loud. It was dubbed "The Rowdiest Arena in America" during the Eddie Sutton era of the 90s and early 2000s. Definitely an honorable mention.

Assembly Hall is a fantastic place to watch a game.

Butler’s is probably one of the coolest of the arenas

I really enjoy this guys videos. And he features really cool stuff. But he also talks like he is trying to meet the word count in an essay 😂

I'm really pleased with how ACU's renovation came out. When I was there, we played basketball on a rubberized floor. I kid you not.

Hinkle Fieldhouse is something to be experienced if you are a fan of college basketball.
The architecture, aesthetics and history in that building accentuate the experience of a Butler game...

I'm a South Carolina State University grad and I was surprised but not surprised SHM made the list. Its a multi purpose building, its used for everything. Decades back we had fold out seating where the stage is, they only use it for the media seating now.

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This is exactly what the San Antonio Spurs did in the Alamo Dome for years. Looked very similar.

Great vid. Always enjoy seeing arena’s and how they fully look inside and out

Bro, Harvard plays in a glorified high school gym. 😂

The Giant Lumberjack at Northern Arizona is one of the famous fiberglass giants encountered when travelling Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles.  The lumberjack originally was located in front of The Paul Bunyan Cafe, later called The Lumberjack Cafe.  It was moved to NAU when The Lumberjack Cafe was replaced by Granny's Cafe, which has now been out of business for about 12 years.

Just want to clarify since you described and showed images of ICCU arena for Idaho but you named Memorial Gymnasium (or Mem Gym for short) at the start of your segment on the Vandals. Previously, Idaho basketball played a few games in Mem Gym every year and then in the Kibbie Dome (called the Cowan Spectrum when configured for basketball) once football was done. Mem Gym is not new. It is almost a century old at this point, having opened in 1928.

ICCU is the new arena that you described and showed off. My understanding is that basketball no longer uses Mem Gym at all, though last time I visited my alma mater was several years before the new arena was built and I could be mistaken.

Look up Harding University. It’s a d-2 school but it’s a crazy cool basketball arena. Played there 3 times in college. It’s called the Cameron crazies of the south. Great facility and the fans are awesome even when they are dogging you!

Memorial Gym was designed to double as an auditorium.   This was to placate faculty who didn't want to spend a lot of money on a sports only facility.