NBA In-Season Tournament courts - 2024 ACF Regionals

Question

In an article debating whether these things were great or atrocious, The Athletic’s editorial director of design said that these things “certainly grab your attention! Just not in a great way.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Identify these much-reviled things introduced by an American sports league for a debut competition in 2023. These things often share color palettes with teams’ “City Edition” uniforms, and feature a “runway” representing the road to Vegas.

ANSWER: NBA In-Season Tournament courts [accept NBA Cup courts; prompt on NBA courts]

[10h] The Pacers’s IST court strongly resembled this country’s flag, perhaps in tribute to Pacers guard Buddy Hield, who plays for this country internationally, alongside Eric Gordon and Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn.

ANSWER: The Bahamas

[10e] The Pacers made a surprising run to the In-Season Tournament finals, where they lost to this team, which stars Anthony Davis and LeBron James.

ANSWER: Los Angeles Lakers [prompt on Los Angeles or LA]

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Summary


2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley	01/27/2024	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell	01/27/2024	Y	3	23.33	100%	67%	67%
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU	01/27/2024	Y	11	16.36	100%	27%	36%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota	01/27/2024	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska	01/27/2024	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State	01/27/2024	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers	01/27/2024	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial	01/27/2024	Y	4	15.00	100%	0%	50%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt	01/27/2024	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley B	0	0	10	10
Berkeley C	Stanford A	10	10	10	30
Stanford C	Stanford B	10	0	10	20
Cornell B	Binghamton	10	10	10	30
Cornell A	RIT A	10	10	10	30
RIT B	Cornell C	0	0	10	10
Liberty A (Grad)	Duke A (UG)	0	0	10	10
GWU A (UG)	JMU B (UG)	0	0	10	10
GWU B (Grad)	Maryland B (UG)	0	0	10	10
Liberty B (DII)	JMU A (UG)	0	0	10	10
UNC D (DII)	Liberty C (DII)	0	0	10	10
William & Mary A (UG)	Roanoke College A (DII)	10	10	10	30
Maryland A (Grad)	UNC B (UG)	0	10	10	20
UNC C (UG)	Virginia A (UG)	0	0	10	10
Virginia B (UG)	Maryland C (DII)	0	0	10	10
Virginia C (UG)	UNC A (Grad)	10	10	10	30
Virginia C (UG)	UNC A (Grad)	10	10	10	30
Virginia C (UG)	UNC A (Grad)	10	10	10	30
Virginia C (UG)	UNC A (Grad)	10	10	10	30
Virginia C (UG)	UNC A (Grad)	10	10	10	30
Virginia C (UG)	UNC A (Grad)	10	10	10	30
Virginia C (UG)	UNC A (Grad)	10	10	10	30
Virginia C (UG)	UNC A (Grad)	10	10	10	30
Iowa State	Minnesota C	0	0	10	10
Minnesota B	Arizona State	10	0	10	20
Iowa A	Claremont A	0	0	10	10
Michigan State A	UBC A	0	0	10	10
Texas A	Rice A	10	0	10	20
Iowa B	Sorbonne	0	0	10	10
Texas A&M A	UW A	0	0	10	10
Texas A&M B	Appalachian State	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Michigan B	0	0	10	10
Michigan C	Ohio State A	0	0	10	10
Ohio State B	Kenyon	0	0	10	10
Columbia B	Haverford	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins	John Jay	0	0	10	10
NYU B	NYU A	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	Penn	0	0	10	10
Columbia C	Rowan	10	0	10	20
Sheffield	Bristol	0	0	10	10
Warwick	Cambridge A	0	0	10	10
Imperial A	Durham A	0	10	10	20
Oxford C	Durham B	0	10	10	20
Geodesic	Vanderbilt B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	Alabama	10	0	10	20
MTSU	Harding	10	10	10	30
Kentucky	Georgia Tech B	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Tennessee	0	0	10	10