Home Court Advantage in NCAA Division 1 Basketball By Jordan Pedersen Tom Geiger Waleed Khoury
Rationale Home court advantage is a binary variable Boxplots display data interrelationships best Big East Conference ( ) Home and Away Winning Percentages in conference games Free Throw and Field Goal Percentages for three different teams
TeamWHGPHWAGPAWPCT H WPCT A Georgetown Notre Dame Louisville Connecticut Marquette West Virginia Pittsburgh Villanova Syracuse Cincinnati Seton Hall Providence DePaul St. John's South Florida Rutgers Games Played At Home and Away Variable N N* Mean SE Mean SD Minimum Q1 Median Q3 WPCT Home WPCT Away
H or A Game? Opp FG %FT % HomeConnecticut HomeNotre Dame HomeSyracuse HomeSeton Hall HomeSouth Florida HomeVillanova HomeCincinnati HomeSt. John’s HomeLouisville AwayRutgers AwayDePaul AwayPittsburgh AwayWest Virginia AwaySt. John’s AwayLouisville AwaySyracuse AwayProvidence AwayMarquette Bold = Win Georgetown FT% and FG% FG% HomeAway Mean: SD: Median: FT% HomeAway Mean: SD: Median:
Syracuse FT % and FG% H or A Game? Opp.FG%FT% HomeSt. Johns HomeSouth Florida HomeRutgers HomeVillanova HomeProvidence HomeConnecticut HomeGeorgetown HomePittsburgh HomeMarquette AwayCincinatti AwayWest Virginia AwayGeorgetown AwayDePaul AwayVillanova AwaySouth Florida AwayLouisville AwayNotre Dame AwaySeton Hall Bold = Win FG% HomeAway Mean: SD: Median: FT% Home Away Mean: SD: Median:
Rutgers FT % and FG% Home or Away?Opp.FG%FT% HomeGeorgetown HomeLouisville HomeVillanova HomeSeton Hall HomeSt. John’s HomeCincinnati HomeNotre Dame HomeConnecticut HomeSouth Florida AwaySouth Florida AwayProvidence AwaySyracuse AwayDepaul AwayPittsburgh AwayLouisville AwayWest Virginia AwayMarquette AwaySeton Hall Bold = Win FG% HomeAway Mean: SD: Median: FT% HomeAway Mean: SD: Median:
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