Say two words and men who talk about college basketball on TV for a living take it from there: Allen Fieldhouse.
“It’s my favorite place to see a game and I’m not pandering because we’re here,” ESPN Game Day host Rece Davis said. “There’s such great history here. There’s a vibe and a feel in the building that is not evident in a lot of other places. It’s not the only great place, but I tell everybody who asks that question if I could see only one more college basketball game or only pay for one place to go this would be it.”
Davis mentioned a few other venues as special.
“I love Cameron. I love Mackey Arena at Purdue,” Davis said. “I think those are in that ethereal realm with the others, Assembly Hall in Bloomington also, but if you forced me to rank them, and you are since you asked the question, I’d put Allen Fieldhouse at the top.”
Bilas played his college basketball for Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
“We love coming here. Allen Fieldhouse is a gem,” Bilas said. “I’ve said it before, it’s the St. Andrew’s of college basketball. There is nowhere better. There’s nowhere better.”
Why?
“When you’re here for a game and you walk into that building, it’s got a feel like none other, and even when you walk in and it’s empty, it just echoes history,” Bilas said. “Every road in this game comes back to Lawrence, Kansas. It’s a magnificent place. We’ll never say no to coming here.”
Mike Yoder
