Home Court Advantage...

[ArtVandelay]

disappointing to not see us listed anywhere...

Ranking the best home-court advantages in the country (voters: Jason King, Andy Katz, Dana O'Neil, Fran Fraschilla), ordered by total points with number of first-place votes in parentheses:

1. Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas (3): 39
2. Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke (1): 37
3. Assembly Hall, Indiana: 24
4. Carrier Dome, Syracuse: 23
5. The Kennel, Gonzaga: 18
6. Viejas Arena, San Diego State: 17
7. Rupp Arena, Kentucky: 16
8. The Pit, New Mexico: 14
9. Breslin Center, Michigan State: 8
10. Koch Arena, Wichita State: 6

Also receiving votes: Peterson Events Center, Pittsburgh, 5; Kohl Center, Wisconsin, 4; Bramlage Coliseum, Kansas State, 3; McKale Center, Arizona, 2; Bud Walton Arena, Arkansas, 2; Gallagher-Iba Arena, Oklahoma State, 1; CFSB Center, Murray State, 1.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8712505/king-court-examines-kentucky-point-guard-void-scours-nation-college-basketball

[akaGatorhoops]

Illinois always seem like a tough venue. . . at least on television.

[GatorLurker]

Illinois always seem like a tough venue. . . at least on television.

I went to Grad School there. The place is round so that they could host rodeo. For the most part the fans are far from the floor. One year I went to the games with a "quad" friend in a wheelchair so we sat at half-court at the back of Level 1. Being in Level 3 at the O'Dome was a better seat. Bottom line: It isn't that intimidating.

[vaxcardinal]

why would we be listed? We rarely have a full house.

[GatorLurker]

I'd say that Vandy has the biggest home court advantage in the SEC, but only because of the weirdness of the layout.

[InstiGATOR1]

Votes? Only ESPN would be stupid enough to vote on something that is objective like this. Home court advantage is very easy to calculated. There are a couple of ways:

1. The best though less useful with the huge conferences is to take all home and home conference games and average the scores and then you can see how much better a team is ON AVERAGE at home compared to on the road against the same competition. You do this for a decade to compare sites.

2. Now that this would only be 8 or so games a year, you might use all conference games on the idea that conference competition is on average about the same. This would still lead to equal numbers of home and road games for comparison.