Hi Everyone,
\n\nKnowing that the 2020 NCAA Tournament games will not have any fans in attendance has me curious...My question is how might this affect my analysis and prediction? Being a college basketball fan myself, the fans offer the great atmosphere of what this tournament brings. Players on the teams connect with fans, are motivated by fans, and truly influenced by fans. Now that the games won't have any, how would this impact my analysis or really anyones analysis?
\n\nThanks,
\n\nPaul
", "messages": [ { "id": "769611", "postDate": "03/12/2020 04:27:21", "content": "Hi Everyone,
\n\nKnowing that the 2020 NCAA Tournament games will not have any fans in attendance has me curious...My question is how might this affect my analysis and prediction? Being a college basketball fan myself, the fans offer the great atmosphere of what this tournament brings. Players on the teams connect with fans, are motivated by fans, and truly influenced by fans. Now that the games won't have any, how would this impact my analysis or really anyones analysis?
\n\nThanks,
\n\nPaul
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Everyone, \n\nKnowing that the 2020 NCAA Tournament games will not have any fans in attendance has me curious...My question is how might this affect my analysis and prediction? Being a college basketball fan myself, the fans offer the great atmosphere of what this tournament brings. Players on the teams connect with fans, are motivated by fans, and truly influenced by fans. Now that the games won't have any, how would this impact my analysis or really anyones analysis? \n\nThanks,\n\nPaul", "votes": null }, { "id": "769631", "postDate": "03/12/2020 05:20:42", "content": "I think this will neutralize every game in NCAA in terms of Home or Away matches.Now every match will be like it is played in a Neutral zone.
", "rawMarkdown": "I think this will neutralize every game in NCAA in terms of Home or Away matches.Now every match will be like it is played in a Neutral zone.", "votes": null }, { "id": "769791", "postDate": "03/12/2020 09:15:41", "content": "Every game in NCAA is played in a neutral site anyway.
", "rawMarkdown": "Every game in NCAA is played in a neutral site anyway.", "votes": null }, { "id": "769921", "postDate": "03/12/2020 11:55:23", "content": "but as of I know,these locations are near to one team and far to other.So the crowd support can be biased towards a team.
", "rawMarkdown": "but as of I know,these locations are near to one team and far to other.So the crowd support can be biased towards a team.", "votes": null }, { "id": "769945", "postDate": "03/12/2020 12:32:24", "content": "Well that's true (and unfair in my opinion). Feel bad for those who bothered creating a feature like distance from hometown to the place of the NCAA game or something like that. Now this features are useless.
", "rawMarkdown": "Well that's true (and unfair in my opinion). Feel bad for those who bothered creating a feature like distance from hometown to the place of the NCAA game or something like that. Now this features are useless.", "votes": null }, { "id": "769954", "postDate": "03/12/2020 12:41:29", "content": "NCAA Women's games in the first couple rounds are NOT played on neutral sites.
\n\nAlso, it's unclear to me how much of home court advantage is due to the fans vs being in a familiar place, sleeping in your own bed, etc., vs other factors. Extremely hard to study the difference
", "rawMarkdown": "NCAA Women's games in the first couple rounds are NOT played on neutral sites.\n\n\n\nAlso, it's unclear to me how much of home court advantage is due to the fans vs being in a familiar place, sleeping in your own bed, etc., vs other factors. Extremely hard to study the difference", "votes": null }, { "id": "770103", "postDate": "03/12/2020 15:09:26", "content": "@nroman yeh,I saw someone discussing about the distance from hometown feature in the discussions.
", "rawMarkdown": "nroman yeh,I saw someone discussing about the distance from hometown feature in the discussions.", "votes": null }, { "id": "770717", "postDate": "03/13/2020 10:04:07", "content": "I think this is unique opportunity to explore the contribution of fans to the outcome of the game.
", "rawMarkdown": "I think this is unique opportunity to explore the contribution of fans to the outcome of the game.", "votes": null } ], "comments": [ { "id": 769631, "author_name": "shahules", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/12/2020 05:20:42", "content": "I think this will neutralize every game in NCAA in terms of Home or Away matches.Now every match will be like it is played in a Neutral zone.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 769791, "author_name": "nroman", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/12/2020 09:15:41", "content": "Every game in NCAA is played in a neutral site anyway.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 769921, "author_name": "shahules", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/12/2020 11:55:23", "content": "but as of I know,these locations are near to one team and far to other.So the crowd support can be biased towards a team.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 769945, "author_name": "nroman", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/12/2020 12:32:24", "content": "Well that's true (and unfair in my opinion). Feel bad for those who bothered creating a feature like distance from hometown to the place of the NCAA game or something like that. Now this features are useless.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 769954, "author_name": "jenderle", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/12/2020 12:41:29", "content": "NCAA Women's games in the first couple rounds are NOT played on neutral sites.
\n\nAlso, it's unclear to me how much of home court advantage is due to the fans vs being in a familiar place, sleeping in your own bed, etc., vs other factors. Extremely hard to study the difference
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 770103, "author_name": "shahules", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/12/2020 15:09:26", "content": "@nroman yeh,I saw someone discussing about the distance from hometown feature in the discussions.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 770717, "author_name": "prubin", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/13/2020 10:04:07", "content": "I think this is unique opportunity to explore the contribution of fans to the outcome of the game.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "769611": "Hi Everyone, \n\nKnowing that the 2020 NCAA Tournament games will not have any fans in attendance has me curious...My question is how might this affect my analysis and prediction? Being a college basketball fan myself, the fans offer the great atmosphere of what this tournament brings. Players on the teams connect with fans, are motivated by fans, and truly influenced by fans. Now that the games won't have any, how would this impact my analysis or really anyones analysis? \n\nThanks,\n\nPaul", "769631": "I think this will neutralize every game in NCAA in terms of Home or Away matches.Now every match will be like it is played in a Neutral zone.", "769791": "Every game in NCAA is played in a neutral site anyway.", "769921": "but as of I know,these locations are near to one team and far to other.So the crowd support can be biased towards a team.", "769945": "Well that's true (and unfair in my opinion). Feel bad for those who bothered creating a feature like distance from hometown to the place of the NCAA game or something like that. Now this features are useless.", "769954": "NCAA Women's games in the first couple rounds are NOT played on neutral sites.\n\n\n\nAlso, it's unclear to me how much of home court advantage is due to the fans vs being in a familiar place, sleeping in your own bed, etc., vs other factors. Extremely hard to study the difference", "770103": "nroman yeh,I saw someone discussing about the distance from hometown feature in the discussions.", "770717": "I think this is unique opportunity to explore the contribution of fans to the outcome of the game." }, "source": "meta" }