Is there no place like home? home-court advantage and home win percentage vary according to team sex and ability in Spanish basketball

Alonso Pérez-Chao, Enrique; Nieto-Acevedo, Raúl; Scanlan, Aaron T.; Lopez-García, Adrián; Lorenzo, Alberto; Gómez, Miguel Ángel

doi:10.1080/24748668.2024.2325842

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“…Hormonal differences, like higher testosterone levels in men (Handelsman et al, 2018), when playing with intense home crowd support (Ehrlich & Potter, 2023), could produce sex-dependent differences on game results in the presence of home fans. Also, due to different budgetary constraints, travel became more difficult in women's basketball than in men's basketball during the pandemic, though this factor would be expected to negatively affect the play of traveling teams (due to fatigue and stress of travel) and thus enhance HA and HW (Alonso Pérez-Chao et al, 2024b). An additional factor that may contribute to the absence of a distinct HA in women's basketball is the lower attendance typically observed at women's games.…”

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“…An additional factor that may contribute to the absence of a distinct HA in women's basketball is the lower attendance typically observed at women's games. This reduced turnout could lead to a decrease in fan enthusiasm, potentially diminishing its impact on player performance and subsequently impacting game outcomes (Alonso Pérez-Chao et al, 2024b).…”

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“…Recently, HA was also examined for matches played with and without fans in five professional European basketball leagues across 37.319 matches (Alonso et al, 2022). These authors reported greater match success for the home team with fans present compared to home teams without fans, suggesting that the absence of fans reduced the HA (Alonso Pérez-Chao et al, 2024b). Understanding how the presence of fans impacts game outcome provides useful data, permitting basketball coaches to formulate different game strategies (e.g., game plan, substitutions, travel plan) during home and away games, but this phenomenon has not been previously analyzed in women's basketball.…”

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Examining the Role of Fan Support on Home Advantage and Home Win Percentage in Professional Women’s Basketball

Alonso-Pérez-Chao,

Martín-Castellanos,

Nieto-Acevedo

et al. 2024

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Our main aim in this study was to analyze any differences in Win Percentages at Home (HW) that might represent a Home-Court Advantage (HA) in women’s professional basketball. A secondary objective was to analyze how team ability might modify the HA effect by comparing any interaction effect between HW and team ability in games played with and without fans. We collected data from first Spanish female basketball divisions, using a linear mixed model (LMM) for repeated measures to identify differences between time periods (games with fans vs. games without fans) for HA and HW. When comparing games with and without fans, we found no significant HA and HW differences ( p = .283 and p = .872, respectively). In fact, interestingly, we observed higher win values when fans were absent. Additionally, during the COVID-19 shut down stage, HA increased; but it returned to pre-pandemic levels afterward, with no significant differences between these periods ( p = .482). Similarly, while HW seemed to increase during the COVID-19 shut down period and continued improving in the post-pandemic phase, there were actually no statistically significant differences ( p = .772). Higher HA and HW were evident without fans during the pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic period when fans were present in women’s professional basketball. During the post-pandemic period, HA decreased upon fans’ return, while HW continued increasing. We discuss possible bases for these unexpected findings.

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Examining the Role of Fan Support on Home Advantage and Home Win Percentage in Professional Women’s Basketball

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Martín-Castellanos,

Nieto-Acevedo

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Game schedule, travel demands and contextual factors influence key game-related statistics among the top European male basketball teams

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Home-Court Advantage and Home Win Percentage in the NBA: An In-Depth Investigation by Conference and Team Ability

López-García,

Alonso-Pérez-Chao,

Navarro Barragán

et al. 2024

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The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the major professional basketball league in the United States. Home-court advantage (HA) and home win percentage (HW) have been identified as decisive factors in determining the final outcome of a game. This study analyzes a total of 24 regular seasons, with two main objectives: (i) comparing HA and HW within the two conferences and (ii) examining the influence of team ability on HA and HW. HA (%) was calculated as (total home wins/total wins) × 100, and HW (%) as (total home wins/total home games) × 100. Teams were categorized into four different groups based on their season win percentage using cluster analyses. Regarding the first aim, we used an Independent Samples T-test and Mann–Whitney to assess differences between conferences. Subsequently, we evaluated the second objective using one-way ANOVA or Kruskal–Wallis. The results indicated no significant differences in HA within conferences. However, Western teams tended to have a higher HW than Eastern teams. The analyses revealed significantly higher HA in contender teams compared to the rest of the team abilities (p < 0.001). High–medium-ability teams also showed a significantly higher HA (p < 0.001) compared to low-ability teams. However, non-significant differences were found between the remaining groups for HA. Regarding HW, we observed significantly higher values in the contender teams compared to the teams with other ability levels (p < 0.001). Additionally, the high–medium-ability teams also exhibited significantly higher HW values (p < 0.001) when compared to the medium–low- and low-ability teams. Furthermore, the medium–low-ability teams showed significantly higher HW values (p < 0.001) when compared to the low-ability teams. Those findings suggest that team ability influences HA and HW in the NBA, where contender teams have significantly higher HW and HA values compared to the teams with other team ability levels. Understanding these dynamics provides valuable insights for team strategies, particularly during playoff stages where home-court advantage can be critical for success.

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Is there no place like home? home-court advantage and home win percentage vary according to team sex and ability in Spanish basketball

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Examining the Role of Fan Support on Home Advantage and Home Win Percentage in Professional Women’s Basketball

Examining the Role of Fan Support on Home Advantage and Home Win Percentage in Professional Women’s Basketball

Game schedule, travel demands and contextual factors influence key game-related statistics among the top European male basketball teams

Home-Court Advantage and Home Win Percentage in the NBA: An In-Depth Investigation by Conference and Team Ability

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