define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: Does Home Court at the Final Four Help? http://rushthecourt.net/2010/03/30/does-home-court-at-the-final-four-help/ The Independent Voice of College Basketball Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:46:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 By: rtmsf http://rushthecourt.net/2010/03/30/does-home-court-at-the-final-four-help/comment-page-1/#comment-37203 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:46:17 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=20955#comment-37203 Yeah, in the two situations where it appeared to us there was a major HCA (74 and 88), those were traditional bball arenas where the fans are right on top of you. In the football stadiums, it’s just not the same environment.

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By: nomorespinsports http://rushthecourt.net/2010/03/30/does-home-court-at-the-final-four-help/comment-page-1/#comment-37200 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:42:55 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=20955#comment-37200 I can’t see the advantage being anything more than slight. There are probably more Notre Dame or Indiana or Purdue fans (each counted separately, not combined) in Indianapolis (not to mention the state itself) than Butler has. Plus, it’s being played in a giant football stadium. I think Kyle Whelliston of the Mid-Majority described it best, “I know the home advantage is going to be played up a lot this week, but once we all step into Sports Bubble Stadium (Lucas Oil Stadium), nobody will know where on earth we are. The games might as well be played on the moon. These stadium setups with the raised floors are so otherworldly… you hear an echo of a cheer every once in a while, but it’s not basketball as we knew it before a few weeks ago.”

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