Teamrankings.com SMU #1 Home Court Advantage

[blackoutpony]

Stole this from a poster on rivals. Their metrics say we have the best home court advantage in the country, barely edging out Duke.

I honestly have no idea how their metrics work, but very VERY cool nonetheless

http://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basket ... ng-by-team

[CoxMustangFan]

I believe it's power ranking, not HCA.

[malonish]

#1 Home Advantage Power Ranking
http://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basket ... ge-by-team

[PonyFan32]

198 in one and 240 in the other last year. What an improvement in one year!

[Big12Mustang]

Moody is feared. Protect it vs. UCF and Louisville.

[ojaipony]

Wow that's amazing. Too bad we have no home tourney games.

[StandUp]

To even be mentioned in the same breath as Cameron (Duke) is unbelievable! Quite the compliment. Moody Madness is national news! Continue to support our Mustangs. Pony Up!

[Terry Webster]

That is interesting but they have Mercer (?) 7 spots higher than Duke. I really have a hard time believing that kind of methodology.

[max the wonder dog]

After reviewing the description of the methodology, it appears the data shows that:

SMU is the #1 team in the nation when playing at home.

Duke is the #2 team in the national when playing at home.

Since SMU is only the #27 team overall and Duke is the #9 team overall, it is far to say that, according to this analysis, the SMU homecourt advantage is greater than the Duke homecourt advantage.

I don't know now Mercer entered this conversation. They are rated #103 overall and #45 when playing at home. The overall Power Ratings track pretty close to the writers' and coaches' polls, at least for the top teams.

[gostangs]

can our SID please contact these folks and ask them to list us as SMU. We need to be on anyone who doesn't do that like stink on [deleted] We have to protect our brand.

[OhioBrownFan]

How is Ohio State #35 when they've been beat by freakin Penn State at home?

[OhioBrownFan]

can our SID please contact these folks and ask them to list us as SMU. We need to be on anyone who doesn't do that like stink on [deleted] We have to protect our brand.

I'm not familiar with the background, but can you tell me why it matters if someone refers to SMU as Southern Methodist? I mean, isn't that the official name of the university or am I missing something? What's weirder, I can't think of another school that goes exclusively by their initials. Pretty cool though.

[RGV Pony]

can our SID please contact these folks and ask them to list us as SMU. We need to be on anyone who doesn't do that like stink on [deleted] We have to protect our brand.

I'm not familiar with the background, but can you tell me why it matters if someone refers to SMU as Southern Methodist? I mean, isn't that the official name of the university or am I missing something? What's weirder, I can't think of another school that goes exclusively by their initials. Pretty cool though.

USC
LSU
TCU
..to name a few

[mrydel]

IUPUI

[SMU2007]

can our SID please contact these folks and ask them to list us as SMU. We need to be on anyone who doesn't do that like stink on [deleted] We have to protect our brand.

I'm not familiar with the background, but can you tell me why it matters if someone refers to SMU as Southern Methodist? I mean, isn't that the official name of the university or am I missing something? What's weirder, I can't think of another school that goes exclusively by their initials. Pretty cool though.

Same as if they started talking about Pennsylvania State or Louisiana State. Just stick with the shortened name, SMU and be consistent.