{"id":21295,"date":"2023-10-14T15:29:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T14:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/?p=5926139"},"modified":"2023-10-14T14:21:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T13:21:43","slug":"dom-amores-sunday-read-on-uconns-first-night-new-floor-brash-slogan-and-a-ceiling-as-high-as-ever-mlb-postseason-thoughts-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/14\/dom-amores-sunday-read-on-uconns-first-night-new-floor-brash-slogan-and-a-ceiling-as-high-as-ever-mlb-postseason-thoughts-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Dom Amore\u2019s Sunday Read: On UConn\u2019s First Night, new floor, brash slogan and a ceiling as high as ever; MLB postseason thoughts and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

STORRS \u2014 The floor at Gampel Pavilion<\/a> was the original, the finishing touch when the building was new in 1990. A lot of history was pounded into that hardwood, before it was deemed too worn out to refinish and its pieces were sold off as souvenirs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The old floor was the stage on which everything changed. The new floor, laid down this summer at a cost of $688,000 and open to the public Friday, needed to reflect that, and in the most succinct way.<\/p>\n

The words “Basketball Capital of the World”<\/a> are emblazoned in white on the sideline, in front of the scorers’ table for all to see, fans in the building, as there were thousands on First Night to cheer as the players and coaches were introduced, TV viewers, recruits. Let the world know it.<\/p>\n

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UConn women’s First Night: Paige Bueckers nursing a jammed thumb, Geno Auriemma likes (mostly) what he is seeing in practice<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n