your parents were named Frankfort and Pierre? interesting :)
Rutgers New Court Design Revealed Monday
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I'd say the states people are most likely to be unable to identify are the "rectangular" states.... the Dakotas, Oregon, Washington, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, etc. States that have essentially four "straight" sides, with some small variations between them.
There are a lot of "oddly shaped" states that are more easily identified that you didn't note - Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan. I'd put NJ in that category. Not as easily recognized as California, Texas, Hawaii, Florida... but still much more recognizable than the "straight edges" states.
Was trying to find some study/data, but couldn't find anything specific to NJ. One totally unscientific thing I did find was a Sporcle "identify all 50 states on a map" quiz that was taken 6.1 million times (not limited to people living in the US), which shows that 55.9% of people could identify at least 40 states correctly, 68.8% could identify at least 30, and 73.4% could identify at least 25.
That falls roughly in line with my own expectation that about 75% of people would probably be able to identify NJ (I'd say that NJ is in the top half of recognizable state outlines). And for those that can't, it might prompt a Google search to figure out what shape is on Rutgers' basketball court.
So which players in history had “Sandy Hook range?” Douby? Lumpkin? Dadika had “The RAC” range...at least once.
I did the same thing, and got no further than you did! I don't draw the same conclusion, however. But that's what makes horse races. Thing I like most about the design is having "The RAC" right on the court.
That's my thinking too. Our new court is very similar to Nebraska's. Their state's outline isn't very distinct, but I'm sure they don't care what non-Nebraskans think about it.
Nebraska’s Motto......”’cause someone always takes the corner brownie first.”But according to some, 90% might not know that’s Nebraska...
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But according to some, 90% might not know that’s Nebraska...
The red lanes on ours and “The RAC” logos make all the difference in the world. We got it right. I wouldn’t change a thing.
I liked their court better when they had a giant N in the middle of the court. Perhaps they changed when they joined the B1G cuz that's what Northwestern had on its court.But according to some, 90% might not know that’s Nebraska...
Courts that don't have any paint in the lane always look unfinished to me. The last time I played on a court that didn't have any paint in the lane was in junior high school lol
Don't be ridiculous. Everybody knows Nebraska.But according to some, 90% might not know that’s Nebraska...
Listen, the court looks good. Appears to be a direct ripoff of Nebraska's court design, but it looks good. I'd put an outline on NJ, but that's just me. But if you don't think that you couldn't put the map of Delaware on the court and 90% of the people outside of maybe NYC and Philly wouldn't say, "Huh, so that's what Jersey looks like!" you'd be wrong.
I've been to both of those States they're not with they're cracked up to be LOLExcept for Wyoming and Colorado. ;)
Colorado is much cooler than Wyoming.... as evidenced by approx. 10x as many people choosing to live there.
For a long time I tried to convince people that Wyoming didn't exist, and that it was just a conspiracy of cartography.
For a long time I tried to convince people that Wyoming didn't exist, and that it was just a conspiracy of cartography.
Colorado looks nothing like Wyoming. How does anyone make that mistake? [eyeroll]Except for Wyoming and Colorado. ;)
BINGO !
The court looks fantastic. Its a marketing tool . Its making sure RU is and further becomes the college pride of the state. Its another tool to inch the NJ population closer to affiliating itself with RU. (don't forget we have NJ HS state championships there, summer camps, etc.) And if somebody gets educated about NJ/RU along the way, thats a nice little bonus.
replace the N with an ear of corn :)But according to some, 90% might not know that’s Nebraska...
If someone doesn't recognize the shape as New Jersey, I don't think putting an outline around it will help.
They were considering changing the name of the school to IHOb, but that idea was already taken. So they settled for a new court design.
Everyone except d.How many of these states can you recognize?
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Guess I am better than the 90% when it comes to g.
Very good post upstream. But you were supposed to add, "Letter g will blow your mind! I'll bet only 5% of my friends will repost this."How many of these states can you recognize?
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New Zealandie learns one simple trick to memorize state outlines...cartographers hate him.
That's cool, but it's incomplete because they didn't set up the cocktail lounge in Section 118 yet.
