The 2009-2010 college basketball season is only a week old, but the competition for ugliest court design of the year may be over. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the court at the Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis:

Where to begin? What's the ugliest part? Is is the monstrous mid-court basketball with markings that makes it vaguely resemble an omega sign? How about the gigantic, slanted font that looks straight out of WordArt in Windows 95? Or perhaps it's the basketball fill inside the three-point line.

For me, it's the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup logo in front of the free throw line. Ads should be conspicuous, but there's a line, you know?

And in case you get thirsty while eating Reese's during the game, be sure to wash it down with Bud Light, because nothing goes better with chocolate than watery light beer. (And why are there even ads for beer on a court used for college basketball in the first place?)

This looks like something a fourth-grader would design when playing on the computer during indoor recess. The court is the polar opposite of the "less is more" approach. 

The Hall of Fame Showcase is a two-game event played in St. Louis. Arkansas and Louisville were first on, with Memphis and Kansas headlining afterward. For some reason, this tournament (which, again, is being played in the midwest) benefits the basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA. If viewers can regain their vision after watching four hours of basketball played on the court, it's as good a cause as there can be. Except for all those actual good causes.