The Stain Is only Going To be As Good as whats underneath It We have always used H&c For Stain And it has never failed to my knowledge Even with just Surface cleaning the area real good Ive Always heard That it does not hold up as well on a driveway do to tire heat and stuff like that but a basket ball court shouldnt suffer near as much as a Driveway I believe the only other option would be Epoxy But I dont think it has UV protection