Thursday, April 21, 2016

Home court advantage

This past season the Jack was a definite advantage, given that we did not lose a game there. However, we did not lose many games anywhere, so that still leaves the question of how much of a home court advantage the Jack is. We had record crowds down the stretch, and when that happens, obviously it helps the team. But if we have a "usual" 3000-3500 crowd, how daunting is our crowd to the other team? In years past, ours was not a very vocal crowd. They did not know how to cheer at a basketball game. Maybe we are getting a little better educated in that regard. I hope so, because that will be needed for us to have a bona fide home court advantage, i.e., one of those places opponents really dread visiting.

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