Homecourt Adv in NBA

[rfr3sh]

I was trying to search for where I read what Homecourt advantage in NBA was worth, I cannot remember if it was 3 points or whatever..I am finding that it is worth around 2 points, can anyone confirm this..im going to continue searching

[Stocks]

So far this season its 1.79 according to Sagrain but I think usually its around 3 points.

[rfr3sh]

any tips on how to calculate it
i think it might vary from team to team

[kisado]

I'd say 3 points as well. When I see a home team at -3, I digest that in my brain as a pick-em at a neutral site. That is all one needs to know about this IMO. Don't kill yourself trying to calculate it.

[jgilmartin]

3.15 points over the past 5 seasons.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/stats/byteam?cat1=Splits&conference=NBA&year=season_2010

It's easy to figure out with splits. Just find the average home team PPG and the average road team PPG and compare the two.

[Justin7]

HFA varies wildly. The longer the team has been at home, the more it is worth. The longer the visitor has been traveling, the greater that team will be penalized.

[Stocks]

HFA varies wildly. The longer the team has been at home, the more it is worth. The longer the visitor has been traveling, the greater that team will be penalized.

Is this for basketball only?

If so depending on how you calculate the numbers for this there are a couple situations that would effect the numbers.

[Sawyer]

3 Points.

[durito]

It depends on rest too.

[rfr3sh]

durito I was gonna post that I broke down 0 , 1 , 2 , 3+ days rest and homecort I worked out to around 3.3

[Jive]

Justin is right. With erratic schedules and differing venues, homecourt advantage can be significantly different from team to team, and even game to game among the same teams. Further, some teams are much better at home than on the road, and some teams are almost as good on the road as they are at home, which effects the HCA of who they are playing. BTW, that last part is doubly true for college basketball and it provides a great opportunity to get value on road teams, both as favorites and underdogs, because there are a lot of times where too much HCA is given in opening lines.

[pats3peat]

Justin is right. With erratic schedules and differing venues, homecourt advantage can be significantly different from team to team, and even game to game among the same teams. Further, some teams are much better at home than on the road, and some teams are almost as good on the road as they are at home, which effects the HCA of who they are playing. BTW, that last part is doubly true for college basketball and it provides a great opportunity to get value on road teams, both as favorites and underdogs, because there are a lot of times where too much HCA is given in opening lines.

Very good information. Do you have any other tips you could share on home court advantage in regards to either CBB/NBA/finding value on road teams, etc. or any other general tips on betting cbb/nba u think is invaluable info

How many points do you believe A Back To Back is worth vs a team not on a back to back.. i Usually credit 2 points to it.

[laxbrah420]

Can't speak for NBA, but Vanderbilt has its benches behind each basket rather than the sidelines so its tough for coaches to talk to players..Vandy has developed hand signals to deal with it and gives them a nice home advantage

[alling]

http://www.teamrankings.com/nba/ranking/home-power-ranking-by-team

http://www.masseyratings.com/rate.php?lg=nba

[rfr3sh]

thanks for the link alling
its hard to guage which is more accurate, Massey has Charlotte as 5th best home advantage whereas team rankings has them 22nd overall

[rfr3sh]

this is my idea to calculate home court advantage get the league home margin of victory, compare it to the home teams average margin of victory at home and the away teams average margin on the road. is this a fair way to evaluate this