baller01 wrote:LarryBirdFan wrote:I think that Home Court Advantage is a big thing. If you are from a small town and shoot in that little gym all the time and have never played in a dome before. Then when you go and play a team durring regoinals that has played in a dome a few games durring the season and districts. That team that has played in the dome has a big shooting advantage becuase there is no background behind the rim compared to shooting in a small high school gym.
You ever saw the movie Hoosiers? What's the first thing their coach does when they walk into that big dome. Everything is the same. No matter if you play in a barn dome or the Bismarck Civic Center. It's all mental. You just have to overcome it.
the only thing thats the same in all the courts is taht the hoop is 10 feet. take Kulm and the Jamestown CC for example.....Kulm plays on a court that is maybe 55 feet long and out of bounds 15 feet away from the hoop on the baseline. take a team like that and they can play with anyone on their home court. it wouldnt be so much of a blow out if they played Parshall last year in Kulm but if they took it to a normal sized court like the CCs where Parshall could spread the floor i wouldnt give them a chance