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Home court advantage is crucial in the game of college basketball. The roar of a crowd can intimidate even the best of basketball players. Fans yell, scream, hoop 'n holler, all for the sake of pulling their team to victory.Some schools have great home court advantages, but you wouldn't expect them because they are small schools, or just not in the national spotlight.
But where does the Izzone ranke amongst the best? According to collegehoops.net they are third. Not too shabby for the Green and White.
MSU has one of the best home court advantages, and the best student section in the Big Ten. That's not just me, that's a consensus by the folks at collegehoops.net, according to Dan Daitchman of collegehoops.net
The student section of a college basketball game is crucial to any team that wants to make a run at championships. If you can't win at home, then you're going to struggle putting together winning seasons.
Michigan State has put together winning season after winning season. Back to Back trips to Final Fours, a national championship in 2000, a 366–146 record under head coach Tom Izzo
Crowds are important factors in games. Why do you think Duke, North Carolina, and MSU are good every year? Because they win at home. Why do they win at home? Home Court Advantage. Without the Izzone, there's no home court advantage. Without home court, MSU isn't nearly as good a team as it is at home.
Don't let anyone tell you differently, home court advantage matters.
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Dayton is top 10 fo sho, number 1 college bball city in the country
ReplyDeleteIF you say so Sully... :D
ReplyDeleteI'm not joking Cobb. The city of Dayton LOVES college basketball, which is the biggest reason why the play-in game was held there every year. We also have the best arena and student section in our conference (no, Xavier is NOT the best at everything) and, while our school isn't close to the size of a big school, we hold our own, despite our teams lackluster start
ReplyDeleteWell I would argue with you, but see I haven't seen Dayton. I have seen the Izzone and it is quite the experience, and the Cameron Crazies are legendary. Shoot the guy that wrote the article i linked to at collegehoops.net an email, he was more than happy to help with an article i'm about to post, ask him about how he feels about the Dayton Flyers and why he didn't rank them high
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