IU excels at its Indiana home, falters on road

After a loss Sunday at home to conference foe Northwestern, the IU women’s basketball team now stands at 5-12, including a 0-4 start in the Big Ten. But even with only two wins thus far in Assembly Hall, the Hoosiers do seem to show an advantage when playing on Branch McCracken Court. They’ve won by almost six more points when in Bloomington, and their losses have been much closer as they lose by seven points fewer on
average.  

Here’s a look at the IU women’s basketball team’s home court advantage so far in the 2011-12 campaign.

Winning margin at home 12.5 avg. (two games)

Losing margin at home  9 avg. (two games)

Winning margin on the road/neutral site 6.67 avg. (three games)

Losing margin on the road/neutral site 14.71 (seven games)

Points averaged at home 64.14 (seven games)

Points averaged on the road/neutral site 55 (10 games)

Largest home win 22 points (against Texas A&M Corpus Christi on Dec. 27)

Largest home defeat 14 points (against Michigan State on Dec. 30)

Largest road/neutral site win 11 points (against Belmont on Nov. 18)

Largest road/neutral site defeat 41 points (against Minnesota on Jan. 2)