Chip Bayers
Professor
Posts: 7001
Loc: New York
Reg: 11-21-04
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01-16-22 03:41 PM - Post#333412
In response to SomeGuy
On the betting dogs thing, is the evidence playing that out? Home teams in the Ivy so far are 9-3 overall and it looks to me like they are 7-5 against the spread.
You keep saying Penn doesn’t have a home court advantage, but we beat a Brown team that Pomeroy says is 4 points better than us, beat a Cornell team that is even with us by 14, and beat a Dartmouth team that we are a couple of points better than by 10. Now maybe we are better (or they are worse) than the ratings. Or maybe we had three good days. Or maybe, just maybe, home court has to do with some stuff beyond the presence of a crowd.
You still have to deal with the long bus rides and unfamiliar beds, both of which are more challenging the taller you are.
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