Hoops Rewind: Home/Road Performance

Here's a look at how the teams fared at home and on the road in conference play this season, sorted by efficiency margin:

At home:

          Off_Eff(Rk)    Def_Eff(Rk)    Margin
UNC        116.7 (1)       89.6 (1)      27.1
GT         111.9 (5)       98.6 (4)      13.3
FSU        115.7 (2)      102.6 (8)      13.1
VT         111.7 (6)      100.1 (6)      11.6
UMD        106.7 (8)       95.3 (2)      11.4
UVA        110.6 (7)       99.4 (5)      11.2
BC         113.0 (4)      103.0 (9)      10.0
Duke       103.1 (9)       97.0 (3)       6.1
Clemson    101.3 (11)     101.3 (7)       0.0
Miami      115.4 (3)      117.7 (12)     -2.3
Wake       100.5 (12)     106.0 (10)     -5.5
NCSU       103.0 (10)     110.2 (11)     -7.2

Average    109.1          101.7           7.4

On the road:

          Off_Eff(Rk)    Def_Eff(Rk)     Margin
UNC        108.4 (1)      101.8 (2)        6.6
Duke       104.7 (4)      100.6 (1)        4.1
UMD        106.1 (3)      105.3 (4)        0.8
Clemson    103.3 (7)      106.4 (5)       -3.1
BC         106.4 (2)      113.0 (8)       -6.6
UVA         96.3 (10)     103.4 (3)       -7.1
GT         102.9 (8)      113.2 (9)      -10.3
VT         103.8 (5)      114.4 (10)     -10.6
FSU        103.7 (6)      115.3 (11)     -11.6
NCSU        99.1 (9)      112.6 (7)      -13.5
Wake        89.7 (12)     107.5 (6)      -17.8
Miami       96.3 (11)     116.3 (12)     -20.0

Average    101.7          109.1           -7.4

-- The road can be a scary place. Just ask Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, and Florida State--teams so frightened by dressing in the visitor's locker room that they forgot how to play defense. It's interesting to see how the bottom falls out (either offensively or defensively) for certain teams when they leave the friendly confines.

-- Based on Virginia Tech's road efficiency margin, you'd think the Hokies were terrible away from home; the other teams at -10 or worse certainly were. But Tech went 4-4 on the road and beat both Duke and Carolina. Their four road wins came by a combined 18 points; their four losses, on the other hand, were by a combined 68 points.