{"id":461,"date":"2014-03-25T18:20:31","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T18:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/?p=461"},"modified":"2016-11-16T03:25:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T03:25:01","slug":"the-sweet-and-not-so-sweet-logos-of-ncaa-march-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/the-sweet-and-not-so-sweet-logos-of-ncaa-march-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sweet, and Not-So-Sweet Logos of NCAA March Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year\u2019s winners (so far) in the NCAA basketball tournament are also winners on the design front, as many of them feature recently re-designed logos that far surpass, in one way or another, the earlier designs they\u2019ve clearly outgrown. Below are the Final Four participants in the 2014 Before-and-After NCAA Logo Design.<\/p>\n

UCONN<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEFORE:<\/p>\n

\"uconn_logo\"<\/p>\n

This logo wasn\u2019t terrible, though a little too friendly to inspire the necessary animalistic ferocity among players and fans. UCONN finally let their inner dog out with the following darker, sleeker, more intimidating touchup.<\/p>\n

AFTER:<\/p>\n

\"uconn-logo-1\"<\/p>\n

BAYLOR<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEFORE:<\/p>\n

\"baylor-logo-1\"<\/p>\n

The Baylor Bears, on the other hand, needed to tone their logo down a bit. Not only did it suffer from a particularly bad case of the 90\u2019s, but the combination of the logo\u2019s menacing snarl, rabid eyes, and Wolverine claws reportedly inspired fans and players to fall down and play dead. The Bears\u2019 new logo looks a whole lot classier with its deeper greens, browns, and cleaner lines \u2014 and no one is fearing for their lives.<\/p>\n

AFTER:<\/p>\n

\"baylor-logo-2\"<\/p>\n

MICHIGAN STATE<\/strong><\/p>\n

ALTERNATE LOGO:<\/p>\n

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This has never been the main logo for the Spartans. It was originally designed as a tribute to the drunk MSU football fans that attended winter games shirtless, and has come to have some sort of association with the school mascot. We hope this logo stays on the bench as much as possible, where it belongs.<\/p>\n

MAIN LOGO:<\/p>\n

\"msulogo\"<\/p>\n

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEFORE:<\/p>\n

\"logo-sdsu-2\"<\/p>\n

The original SDSU logo was uninspired, loud, and fairly controversial; the move toward a minimal, type-centric redesign with a simple but bold color palette was a smart one.<\/p>\n

AFTER:<\/p>\n

\"sports-sdsu-logo-49326\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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