Home-Away Dichotomies
By Marc Lawrence
Know Where Your Team Performs Best
With the 2009-10 College Hoops regular season entering the month before the Big Dance, it’s important to get a pulse on how teams are performing both at home and on the road this campaign.
While there is no certainty that teams will continue to either over-or-under achieve in their best or worst roles, there is no sense in hoping teams will change their stripes at this stage of the season.
Let’s examine the Top Five best and the very worst results by teams in games played at home and on the road through Monday, January 31of this season. All results are ATS…
COLLEGE BASKETBALL HOME TEAMS
Moneymakers:
1-Kansas State 7-1
2-San Jose State 7-1
3-Villanova 5-1
4-Wichita State 5-1-1
5-Oklahoma State 4-1-1
Moneyburners:
1-Duquesne 0-5
2-Massachusetts 0-5
3-TCU 1-9
4-Penn State 1-7
5-South Alabama 1-7-1
COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROAD TEAMS
Moneymakers:
1-St. Mary’s 6-1
2-Maryland 5-1
3-Mississippi 5-1
4-Northern Iowa 5-1-1
5-Syracuse, Villanova 4-1
Moneyburners:
1-Denver 0-8
2-Washington 0-5
3-California 0-4-1
4-Stanford 1-7
5-Ohio State, Western Kentucky 1-6
There you have it. The best and worst performances by teams in a starring role to date this season. While not quite Oscar worthy, it’s best to remember that forewarned is forearmed…