found the links to those articles I noted:
10 great places to get pumped for NCAA action
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/desti...t_N.htm?csp=34
Home-Court Advantage: The Sweet 16
http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/...1146&fid=21088
Sis top 20 venues of the 20th century: (only lists cameron and the pit)
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/cen...02/top_venues/
Foxsports.com Top 10 old school venues:
FoxSports.com’s Top 10 Old School Venues:
1. Wrigley Field
2. Fenway Park
3. Lambeau Field
4. Cameron Indoor
5. Notre Dame Stadium
6. Daytona International Speedway
7. The Pit (University Arena, New Mexico)
8. The Rose Bowl
9. Allen Fieldhouse
10. The Igloo (Mellon Arena)
From 2005: espn 5 we like, 5 we want to see:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=1974962
As part of their Student Spirit Week, ESPN.com ran an article on “favorite arena atmospheres.”
http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/story...tmosphere27658
If one were to catalog all of what they found, you would have over 40-50 schools listed in some fashion. A top 20 list does noone justice.
A top 3 per conference would be Great. for the smaller no name conferences, you could likely go by winning percentage at home combined with attendance/capacity figures.