The maple hardwood that makes up the courts at the men's and women's Final Four is part of basketball's foundation.

The maple hardwood that makes up the courts at the men's and women's Final Four is part of basketball's foundation.

Hardwood has been the long-running foundation for basketball, but could the sport eventually find a home on glass.

The German company ASB GlassFloor is looking to replace wooden basketball courts with ... has more give and flexibility than its wood predecessor. The courts, which come with a higher price ...

That wood is durable, used on long-ago factory and warehouse floors before becoming the go-to for basketball courts. Maintenance is fairly simple: generally an annual surface abrading to affix a ...

Down on hands and knees in the Alamodome, workers lurched forward to generate enough leverage to slide one large wood panel alongside another.