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SBH
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Posted: 3/12/2015 3:28 PM
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Interesting and funny article in the NYTimes today about fans' ability to distract opposing teams at the free throw line. Surprisingly, the newspaper's analysis of MAC fans found that the greatest positive home team differential is at, ahem, Eastern Michigan. Perhaps the lack of sound is most distracting of all?


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Team Change in opponents’ free throw pct relative to home games.
Eastern Michigan -7.4
Bowling Green State -3.9
Central Michigan -2.3
Akron -1.7
Ball State -1.5
Buffalo -0.5
Toledo -0.2
Western Michigan +0.1
Ohio +0.7
Miami (Ohio) +0.8
Northern Illinois +0.9
Kent State +1.4
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Posted: 3/12/2015 3:44 PM
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Can you send a link to the article for us Sunday subscribers?
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Posted: 3/12/2015 3:56 PM
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Posted: 3/12/2015 4:27 PM
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Not that I would advocate moving them back to where they were, but I wonder if we were a bigger distraction when the band was behind the basket rather than their current location at side court.
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Posted: 3/12/2015 8:11 PM
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The difficulty they present during times out to be heard probably compensates for the free throws.
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Posted: 3/13/2015 12:12 AM
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It wouldn't surprise me if it made no difference at all.
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Posted: 3/13/2015 9:08 AM
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JSF wrote:expand_more
It wouldn't surprise me if it made no difference at all.

I'd be interested to hear from retired players as to how it affected them through the years. I agree it probably doesn't much by the time a player gets to be an upperclassman, but maybe it does for first year players?
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Posted: 3/13/2015 9:59 AM
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SBH wrote:expand_more
Interesting and funny article in the NYTimes today about fans' ability to distract opposing teams at the free throw line. Surprisingly, the newspaper's analysis of MAC fans found that the greatest positive home team differential is at, ahem, Eastern Michigan. Perhaps the lack of sound is most distracting of all?


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Team Change in opponents’ free throw pct relative to home games.
Eastern Michigan -7.4
Bowling Green State -3.9
Central Michigan -2.3
Akron -1.7
Ball State -1.5
Buffalo -0.5
Toledo -0.2
Western Michigan +0.1
Ohio +0.7
Miami (Ohio) +0.8
Northern Illinois +0.9
Kent State +1.4
Before Buffalo became a player in this league, I remember Brandon Hunter saying that was the place he hated to play the most because it was SOOOO quiet.
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