The Rose Bowl is one of the most historic football stadiums in the county, there is no question about that. The home of the UCLA Bruins basketball program, Pauley Pavilion, also has a well-known name to it.
Ben Kenney of Badgers Wire ranked all 18 (!!!!) Big Ten Conference arenas and Pauley Pavilion was at No. 7 on the list.
It’s hard to not rank Pauley Pavilion toward the top given the building’s rich history. It opened in 1965 and quickly played host to numerous championship-winning teams and future NBA Hall of Famers. It is a good hybrid of an old-school arena with new renovations to keep it up-to-date.
Indiana Hoosiers’ Assembly Hall is the top arena in the conference given the historical landmark of the arena.
The Big Ten has plenty of history in men’s and women’s basketball, and adding teams such as Oregon and UCLA only makes it that much better going forward.