Go Green
PhD Student
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05-16-17 12:51 PM - Post#229375
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
No matter how you explain it away, home court advantage in college basketball is worth almost 4 points over a neutral court matchup. If Penn plays at the Palestra in the tournament, it's a roughly 4 point advantage. Compared to giving the regular season champion home court advantage, Penn would be receiving a boost of about 7.5 pts against that same team. That's a HUGE difference and the price of playing in the Palestra. Please don't suggest that isn't likely, as it already happened in the inaugural tournament.
Mr. HARVARDDADGRAD--
That is a lucid, intelligent, well thought-out objection.
But unless you come up with a viable alternative venue--and not "the higher seeded team's court"--it's overruled.
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