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The Home-Court Advantage: How Large is it, and Does it Vary from Team to Team?

Harville, David A., Smith, Michael H.·1994·The American Statistician
DOI 10.1080/00031305.1994.10476013
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College basketball fans often speculate on the extent and nature of the home-court advantage. In this article, it is shown how questions about the size of the home-court advantage and about team-to-team differences in the home-court advantage can be addressed by fitting three different linear models to the outcomes of college basketball games. This approach was applied to data from the 1991–1992 college basketball season. The advantage of playing at home (in relation to playing on a neutral court) was estimated to be 4.68 ± 0.28 points. The effect of team-to-team differences in the home-court advantage was found to be relatively small.

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Authors
Harville, D. A., & Smith, M. H.
Affiliations
Iowa State University (US)
ORCID
Smith, Michael H.
Venue
The American Statistician
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1994-02
Volume
48
Issue
1
Pages
22-28
ISSN
  • 0003-1305 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-2731
DOI
10.1080/00031305.1994.10476013
OpenAlex
W2022639594
Cited by
76
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2.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
The American Statistician (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Sports Analytics and Performance
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sports, Gender, and Society
Keywords
home court advantage, college basketball, sports statistics, linear models

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Harville, D. A., & Smith, M. H. (1994). The Home-Court Advantage: How Large is it, and Does it Vary from Team to Team? The American Statistician. https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.1994.10476013