{"id":359467,"date":"2014-01-20T13:55:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T19:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=359467"},"modified":"2022-09-16T19:34:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T00:34:50","slug":"college-kicks-on-court-conference-play-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/college-kicks-on-court-conference-play-heats-up\/","title":{"rendered":"College Kicks On Court: Conference Play Heats Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
Conference play seems to generate another level of intensity from college basketball players, and it is proving to inspire student-athletes to bring out their best footwork as well. This past weekend saw a wide variety of sneakers worn across the country, from iDs and PEs to rare retros. In the marquee matchup, former Big East rivals Syracuse<\/strong> and Pittsburgh<\/strong> both put their undefeated conference records on the line in their first face-off as members of the ACC. The Carrier Dome saw heat worn by both the Orange and Panthers, including one KOC regular who brought out the original leather Air Jordan 17<\/strong>. Elsewhere, Houston’s TaShawn Thomas<\/strong> dug into his closet and wore both the Nike LeBron VIII\u00a0 and LeBron VIII PS<\/strong> in the Cougars’ two weekend games, while North Carolina slightly strayed away from their team shoes.<\/p>\n Browse through the following pages to get a full recap of all the sneakers worn on the college basketball landscape. Comment with your winner of the weekend, and keep tuning in every Monday and Thursday for a fresh run of College Kicks On Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n Arizona huddles up in Nike Basketball sneakers, including the Nike Zoom Generation White\/Black\n Cameron Wright drives in the OG Leather Air Jordan 17 Black\/Metallic Silver\n Naadir Tharpe and Frank Mason in adidas Crazy Light 3s\n TaShawn Thomas gathers in the Nike LeBron VIII PS Grey\/White\n TaShawn Thomas attacks in the Nike LeBron VIII “China”\n Russ Smith in an adidas D Rose Englewood Low Custom and Shabazz Napier in the Nike Zoom KD IV “USA”\n <\/p>\n Xavier Thames scores in the Air Jordan 4 “Black Cat”\n James Young takes off in the Air Jordan 10 “Bobcats”\n Xavier Ford waits in a Nike KD IV iD\n Kevin Olekaibe looks on in the Air Jordan XX “Midwest”\n Ryan Boatright operates in the Nike KD VI “Away II”\n Aqeel Quinn floats in the Air Jordan 12 “Flu Game”\n <\/p>\n Jahii Carson in the Air Jordan 7 “Bordeaux”\n Danuel House defends in the Nike Diamond Turf, while Wayne Blackshear goes up in the adidas D Rose 4\n Pe’Shon Howard pushes the ball in the Nike Kobe 8 “Year of the Horse”\n Brandan Kearney goes up in the Air Jordan 2 Black\/White\n Josh Newkirk pulls back in the Nike Hyperflight PRM “Lion”\n <\/p>\n Talib Zanna in the Jordan Melo 1.5\n Devon Bookert defends in the Air Jordan 11 “Space Jam”\n Nick Johnson in the Nike Air Zoom Flight The Glove Black\/White\n Tony Chennault drives in the Jordan CP3.VI AE\n Danrad Knowles goes up in the Nike KD IV “Rogue Green”\n <\/p>\n Darin Johnson defends in the Air Jordan 5 “Black Grape”, while Josh Huestis drives in the Nike Zoom Soldier VII\n James Bell tees up a three in the Air Jordan 11 “Concord”\n Darion Atkins contests a shot in the Air Jordan 3 “True Blue”\n Brice Johnson rebounds in the Air Jordan 11 Low IE White\/Black\n Nate Britt feeds the post in the Air Jordan 2012 Lite “UNC”\n <\/p>\n Shannon Evans sits down in the Air Jordan 11 “Playoffs”\n Dylan Ennis drives in a Nike KD VI iD, while Charles McKinney defends in the Air Jordan 11 “Gamma Blue”\n Oregon preps for the game in Nike Basketball sneakers\n Joel James wrestles for the ball in the Air Jordan 4 “Military Blue”\n Chris Denson in the Under Armour Anatomix Spawn and Michael Frazier II in the Nike KD VI “NYC 66”\n <\/p>\n Casey Prather jams in the Air Jordan 10 “Steel”\n Frank Kaminsky punches one home in the adidas Crazy Quick\n Fred Van Vleet looks to pass in the Nike HyperRev Black\/White\n Khristian Smith in the Nike Zoom Soldier VI and Cleanthony Early in the Air Jordan 11 “Concord”\n Nick Stauskas throws up three in the adidas D Rose 773 2\n <\/p>\n Alandise Harris rebounds in the Air Jordan 1 Retro ’97\n Branden Dawson and Tracy Abrams in Nike KD VIs\n Deandre Mathieu accelerates in the Air Jordan 12 “Nubuck”\n Devon Collier in the Nike Hyperdunk 2011 “Think Pink” and Dominic Artis in a new Nike LeBron 11 PE\n Jabari Parker posterizes in the Nike LeBron X “Prism”\n <\/p>\n Maurice Walker defends in the Air Jordan 6 “Lakers”, while Melsahn Basabe surveys in the Nike LeBron 10 “Yellow Diamond”\n Maurice Walker eyes the rim in the Air Jordan 6 “Lakers”\n Michael Young defends in the Air Jordan 10 “Bobcats”, while Jerami Grant\n Dwayne Polee triggers in the Air Jordan 9 “Johnny Kilroy”\n <\/p>\n Aaron Gordon goes up in the Nike Hyperdisruptor, while Eric Jacobsen defends in a Nike Hyperdunk TB\n Bryce Dejean-Jones passes in the Air Jordan 14 “Last Shot”\n Michael Gbinije eyes the court in the Nike LeBron 11 “Terracota Warrior”\n Raphael Akpejiori goes for a loose ball in the Nike KD V\n Willie Cauley-Stein in a Nike Kobe VII iD and Jarnell Stokes in the adidas D Rose 773 2\n Source: AP, Gopher Sports<\/a>, Syracuse<\/a>, Star Gazette<\/a>, Zimbio<\/a>, UK Athletics<\/a>, UConn Huskies<\/a>, Go Heels<\/a>, Daily Emerald<\/a>, Tony Amat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Conference play seems to generate another level of intensity from college basketball players, and it is proving to inspire student-athletes to bring out their best footwork as well. This past weekend saw a wide variety of sneakers worn across the country, from iDs and PEs to rare retros. In the marquee matchup, former Big East rivals Syracuse and Pittsburgh both put their undefeated conference records on the line in their first face-off as members of the ACC. The Carrier Dome saw heat worn by both the Orange and Panthers, including one KOC regular who brought out the original leather Air Jordan 17. Elsewhere, Houston’s TaShawn Thomas dug into his closet and wore both the Nike LeBron VII and Nike LeBron VIII in the Cougars’ two weekend games, while North Carolina slightly strayed away from their team shoes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4655,"featured_media":359616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1213507,1207912,618,835],"tags":[1216209,1216446,1212366,1225551],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n