Thanks to its location in the heart of Manhattan, Madison Square Garden is one of the most well-known arenas in the world, for sports or any other purpose. It hosts events of nearly every variety, but is still most closely associated with basketball. Nearly all of the game’s greatest have showcased their talents at MSG, which leads many to refer to it as the Mecca of basketball.
"Everybody knows of Madison Square Garden," senior guard Rasheed Sulaimon said. "If you’re a big basketball fan, it doesn’t matter if you grew up in the states or overseas, you know of the Knicks, you know of the Garden and the aura that it brings.