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From: Krakon

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Date: 6/10/2013 5:34:04 AM
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How big of a difference does it make? Often times, one of the biggest advantages of being the #1 seed going into the play-offs is home court advantage. In these current play-offs I entered the play-offs as the #4 seed, I know find myself in the finals. That's not to say that HCA doesn't play a role. I had a 13-9 record this season. Including National Tournament Games, I was 13-2 at home compared to 5-8 on the road. This is a simple research experiment, but I'm asking you guys to post your views on home court advantage. This includes your personal experiences, opinions, statistics, etc. With some help, we can all find out just how important HCA really is in the world of BuzzerBeater!

When both teams play TiE, the home team has a record of 417-277.
When the home team plays TiE against normal, it has a record of 829-826.
When the home team plays TiE against CT, it has a record of 104-200.
When the home team plays normal against TiE, it has a record of 1262-483.
When the home team plays normal against CT, it has a record of 703-759.
When the home team plays CT against TiE, it has a record of 265-38.
When the home team plays CT against normal, it has a record of 1171-357.
When the home team plays CT against CT, it has 205-107.

not include normal vs. normal, since those will be mostly bot games, but globally the home team edge is at around 63%.


http://buzzerbeater.wgz.cz/rubriky/take-it-easy-vs-crunch...
This data might be (and propably is) outdated though

From: jeff44
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Date: 6/10/2013 5:39:53 AM
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I have the impression it is much more, at least from the observation of my last two games.

In the Finals, this weekend, we played both games with the same starting line-up, same tactic offensively and defensively, same enthusiasm (PON on saturday for both teams, POCT on sunday for boh teams).

I lost by 11 points on saturday and won by 14 on sunday (and i was leading by +26 before garbage time in the fourth quarter)

Of course, this is just one observation, but this has confirmed the impression gained in previous seasons that in the Finals, HCA is a huge advantage, a lot more than 8 or 10 points. What do you think ?


From: ASH

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Date: 6/10/2013 6:41:30 AM
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HCA is more evident during playoff games and cup/tournament, not as much as regular season games. as having a slight advantage every game is unique, to come up with a variable of a plus-minus is purely guesswork. You are assuming that players playing in that game have the same set of gameshape/tactics and give the same effort are all constant, which is never the case in BB. HCA doesn't guarantee you a win only am added advantage.