Crowds improve home court advantage in the NBA, study finds
Playing in front of fans improves the home court advantage of elite basketball teams, new research has found.
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2023
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News tagged with home advantage
Research shows crowds hold the cards in referees' decisions
A team of university researchers have found that football crowds are influencing referees' behavior in the top four professional Leagues in England.
Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2022
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Football without the fans: New study reveals effect of empty stadiums during pandemic
Playing professional football games in empty stadiums had a hugely negative effect on the success of home teams, with home advantage almost halved, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Aug 13, 2021
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Home advantage persists in football even without fans: study
Even with spectators absent from matches during the Covid-19 pandemic, European professional football teams playing on their home ground enjoy a significant edge over visiting teams, a new study showed Wednesday.
Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2021
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Data reveals the value of an assist in basketball
A player drives to the basket. As the defense collapses, he passes the ball to his teammate, anchored at the corner, for the open three-point shot.
Mathematics
Mar 29, 2019
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NBA teams that come from behind don't garner more overtime wins
Teams that come from behind do not have a greater chance of winning in overtime, according to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers in a study published in the Journal of Economic Psychology, debunking theories ...
Social Sciences
Jan 2, 2019
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Team GB only likely to clock up 46 medals in Olympic Games in Rio 2016—Mathematical formula predicts medal haul
Team GB is only likely to clock up 46 medals in the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016, say researchers who used a mathematical formula three years ago to predict performance for London 2012, and came up with a medal haul of 63.
Mathematics
Sep 19, 2012
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NJIT math professor announces picks for Cy Young and Most Valuable Player: Says Rangers will win
With Major League Baseball's World Series set to begin today, NJIT math professor Bruce Bukiet has once again analyzed the players most deserving of winning baseball's most important awards for the 2011 season. He also provides ...
Mathematics
Oct 19, 2011
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Tallis was right: Numbers predict home win for QLD
Gorden Tallis, a Queensland Maroon legend, caused quite a stir prior to State of Origin II by suggesting on national television that the Maroons have a bigger home field advantage because Queensland fans are more passionate. ...
Mathematics
Jul 5, 2011
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Can a formula predict the outcome of a soccer match?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Soccer, like most sports, is a game full of surprises and lucky or unlucky breaks. After all, if it was easy to predict the winner of a soccer match, there wouldn’t be much reason to watch it. But a team ...
