Originally Posted by
goldengreek
1) The opening line ( with everyone on Uconn and Kemba's dick ) and the recent line move with about 65 % on Uconn
2) SDSU plays better defense and more athletic than UCONN
3) REBOUNDS ... SD ST OUT REBOUNDS OPPONENTS BY 6.9 PERGAME
4) HOME COURT :
Teams playing an N.C.A.A. tournament game within 50 miles of their campus are a remarkable 24-2. One of the two losses came in last year’s championship game, when Butler — playing just miles from its campus in Indianapolis — came within 2 points of defeating a heavily favored Duke team.
By contrast, teams traveling at least 1,000 miles to play their game are 121-174, having won just 41 percent of the time.
Another way to look at these numbers: the team playing closer to home has won 59 percent of tournament games since 2003. When one team has to travel at least 500 miles more than the other, its advantage has been 67 percent. And when one team has been at least 1,000 miles closer to home than the other, it has been 73-25, winning nearly three-quarters of the time.