Where is our home-court advantage?

[thefish7]

Yeah.. I was self medicating with Budweiser....

Lol. Me too. That MAY have affected either of our views of the refs enough to account for error. Hehhe.

[thefish7]

Bud Light

I had a mix, myself. Prefer Bud Heavy, but one time I went to concessions and the lady gave me Bud Light despite request for Budweiser. She looked like she was having a rough night, so I made due.

[lefty]

I really don't know what is up with this team at home.....seems like a head thing now though

[flipper]

Then I'm not sure you watched the same game. There were at least 5 completely awful calls. But yeah, Dana outcoached Jim tonight, I won't argue there.

well i dont think even the most biased bu fan will ever say that jl is a better coach than dana, except maybe tornado.

[thefish7]

well i dont think even the most biased bu fan will ever say that jl is a better coach than dana, except maybe tornado.

Not sure what you're trying to say, exactly... but really, any BU fan OUGHT to be biased.

Who is she, btw?

[CABUFan]

Home record under Les:

2002-03: 7-7
2003-04: 11-4
2004-05: 12-3
2005-06: 13-1
2006-07: 14-3
2007-08: 13-6
2008-09: 16-5
2009-10: 6-4

total: 92-33 .736

Last 8 seasons under Mo:

94-95: 11-3
95-96: 12-1
96-97: 12-2
97-98: 9-4
98-99: 13-2
99-00: 12-2
00-01: 13-2
01-02: 6-7

total: 88-23 .793

I'm not surprised, it did seem like we had much more of a home court advantage during the Molinari years. On the flip side, my gut is that we are better away from home under Les. Do we have the numbers on that?

[BradleyBrave]

I'm not surprised, it did seem like we had much more of a home court advantage during the Molinari years. On the flip side, my gut is that we are better away from home under Les. Do we have the numbers on that?

Not true. Through Mo's first 7-8 years we were much better on the road than we are now. The last 3-4 were so poor on the road, that the Mo and Les eras are nearly equal as far as road games go. Les has been better on neutral courts, and that's about it.

[thefish7]

Not true. Through Mo's first 7-8 years we were much better on the road than we are now. The last 3-4 were so poor on the road, that the Mo and Les eras are nearly equal as far as road games go. Les has been better on neutral courts, and that's about it.

Hey, BB, I don't know the answer, but how does Les compare to Mo on record against top 50 or top 100 opponents. A frustrating (against weak teams) and occasionaly great (against good teams) feature of Les's teams has been performance to level of the opponent.

[AZ BU Fan]

Then I'm not sure you watched the same game. There were at least 5 completely awful calls. But yeah, Dana outcoached Jim tonight, I won't argue there.

Were the refs guarding BU players when they were chucking up 3's? Were they defending them when they went to the FT line? BU put themselves at the mercy of the officiating with their poor start. Poor shooting the rest of the way put them at the mercy of calls. BTW, CU 19 fouls - were all of the CU calls/non calls on BU legit?

Coaches recruit players who can win (BU 4-14 vs CU under JL), gets players who can shoot (BU 4-14 vs CU under JL), improves player's skills (BU 4-14 vs CU under JL), motivates teams for big games vs big opponents (BU 4-14 vs CU under JL), game plans and adjusts plans during games vs opponents (BU 4-14 vs CU under JL), install their offensive and defensive systems (BU 4-14 vs CU under JL)....

YEAH, I guess I would have to say DA outcoaches JL pretty regularly.

[thefish7]

Were the refs guarding BU players when they were chucking up 3's? Were they defending them when they went to the FT line? BU put themselves at the mercy of the officiating with their poor start. Poor shooting the rest of the way put them at the mercy of calls. BTW, CU 19 fouls - were all of the CU calls/non calls on BU legit?

Coaches recruit players who can win (BU 4-14 vs CU under JL), gets players who can shoot (BU 4-14 vs CU under JL), improves player's skills (BU 4-14 vs CU under JL), motivates teams for big games vs big opponents (BU 4-14 vs CU under JL), game plans and adjusts plans during games vs opponents (BU 4-14 vs CU under JL), install their offensive and defensive systems (BU 4-14 vs CU under JL)....

YEAH, I guess I would have to say DA outcoaches JL pretty regularly.

No argument from me on any of the, AZ BU fan. I haven't anywhere said that the refs decided this game. I'm pretty convinced they were a part, and I'm pretty convinced that they helped CU, but Bradley had a LOT of chances to win and didn't... That's all there is to it.

[flipper]

Creighton: At 10-10, the Bluejays are in danger of falling short of 20 wins for the first time since 1997-98. But their lackluster record this season hasn't carried over to their performance at the off-campus Qwest Center. The Bluejays are 9-1 at home, with the only loss coming to Missouri Valley Conference leader Northern Iowa. Since the Qwest Center opened in downtown Omaha before the 2003-04 season, Creighton is 93-17 there, compared to 37-44 on the road.

[Da Coach]

The biggest problem with the lack of home court advantage is that Bradley doesn't practice at the Civic Center. Their practices are almost all at Haussler Hall and the Markin Center. So they don't have the same advantage that most MVC teams have of playing where they practice all the time.
Maybe most people here don't realize it, but the Civic Center charges Bradley an outrageous fee to rent the arena just for a practice. So they only are able to hold a few practices down at Carver Arena.

[SaintLouBrave22]

The biggest problem with the lack of home court advantage is that Bradley doesn't practice at the Civic Center. Their practices are almost all at Haussler Hall and the Markin Center. So they don't have the same advantage that most MVC teams have of playing where they practice all the time.
Maybe most people here don't realize it, but the Civic Center charges Bradley an outrageous fee to rent the arena just for a practice. So they only are able to hold a few practices down at Carver Arena.

Wow, really?!


Thats what you're gonna go with?


Bradley isn't the only team in the conference who doesn't practice at home...and last I checked, it didn't affect them in previous years where they won frequently at home and didn't practice at Carver.

[Da Coach]

Sorry you can't understand that the biggest part of a "home court advantage" is the comfort your players feel playing there.
The majority of MVC teams have their own arenas.
These schools have their own arenas, and practice regularly on their "home court"-
Illinois State
Indiana State
Northern Iowa
Drake
Missouri State
Wichita State
Southern Illinois

These are the schools with Civic or private arenas-
Bradley
Evansville
Creighton

I have no idea how often Creighton or Evansville practice on their arena floors, or how much they are charged for it. But I know it affects a school like Bradley, who practice infrequently at the Civic Center. It's foolish to think this is not a significant factor.

[Scoretable]

Home Court Advantage

The last time I watched a basketball game, it was clear both teams are trying to win. Bradley was trying to win. They lost to a team who played better last night. Criticism only has merit if you understand what goes on nightly in college basketball. Negativism based on the game last night is disgusting!