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Originally posted by Rick Durkee
I think I remember that somebody posted in this forum that a study showed that officials contributed to home court advantage. The recent thread about the Duke/MD game reminded me about the possibility. I am unable to find any reference to such a study on the Internet. I can find studies that suggest that a home court advantage exists, but I can't find one that concludes that officials are part of the advantage. Is my memory about the post accurate? If so, does anybody have a citation?
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I vaguely remember a post about that "study." What I remember most is that the "logic" behind the study was flawed, even laugable. Some of the "statistics" that the writer used to "support" a home bias by the officials were silly and could best described by the unlearned fan's cry of "that's a reach."
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