Basketball uniforms DIY

Part of the allure of college sports is the yearly emergence of a new style of uniforms and gear that the athletes wear. Yesterday I wrote about the Nike gear that now has fur and fleece lining. And along those lines, here today I found that a college basketball program allowed their players to design their own uniforms.

Northwestern University, in accordance I'm sure with Under Armour has created a player DIY alternate uniform for a game this season. I know what your thinking, did they add an alternate color palate or are they wearing long sleeves or maybe even pants? No, not even close. This player design resembles what a little kid would do to his dads really important autographed jersey- write all over it with a sharpie (not writing from experience here). It really looks like the players took a black marker and drew their favorite things on the shorts. As you can see below the images include but are not limited to....

HEADPHONES
A POKER CHIP
A HASHTAG
WORDS OF MOTIVATION
A HEART SHAPED BASKETBALL
A CLINCHED FIST
THE WORD BRO
A SPATULA
AND A KITCHEN ROLLING PIN










I wonder at what point Under Armour and the University looked at each other and thought this idea wasn't as good as it looked on paper. Obviously this crossed their minds when it became too late to back out.

I guess the moral of the story is you never know what ideas, utensils, words, images, songs or stories will motivate a team to win. And a win is what Northwestern needs as they are winless so far in the Big 10.

I sure can't wait to see what the next evolution of sports apparearl is going to be. Until then below is my top four favorite NCAA uniforms from 2013.

Northwestern: Love the Wounded Warrior Uni's. Gotta give props to our soldiers. 

Fighting Irish: White, green and gold. Simple and clean. 

Oklahoma State: Rockin the sweet matte black pistol pete helmets

Baylor: Black with gold chrome helmets

U of Oregon: Not a uniform but a crazy designed basketball court.