up to the rafters

Once attendees were let inside the high school gym, folding chairs were laid out on the basketball court, and the bleachers were packed up to the rafters.

Meanwhile, a few feet away, fans were seated all the way up to the rafters.

Not five seconds later, he flung a ball up to the rafters and knocked it loose.

The single easiest way to learn a college basketball program’s history is to look up — not statistics in a record book but up to the rafters.

Up to the rafters of the leader board went five unknowns who qualified in Ohio, two who qualified in Texas, one who qualified in Canada, this guy, that guy, that other guy.