Is there a greater chance of winning home games at the higher levels D2 and D1 due to the higher home field advantage grade given those schools espically the better ones?  And would that difference make it worth it to start trying to schedule more home games during non confernence.

There are no fields in basketball

D1 and D2 have a higher limit for HCA, so yes they'd improve your chances of winning over playing at home in D3.

You need to take a lot of factors into non conference scheduling.  If you have a really strong conference, then go ahead and schedule weaker opponents in non con in order to ensure you have a nice record for NT consideration.  But if it's a weak conference, you'd probably prefer to play more games on the road against tougher teams (but still beatable) to get the RPI bonus for playing away.

Posted by acroth3 on 11/5/2010 2:07:00 PM (view original):
Is there a greater chance of winning home games at the higher levels D2 and D1 due to the higher home field advantage grade given those schools espically the better ones?  And would that difference make it worth it to start trying to schedule more home games during non confernence.

Yes, as homecourt advantage increases, the home team will have improved odds of winning. And yes, the difference is noticeable, especially in D1. As to whether it's worth scheduling more home games, keep in mind that a road win is worth more than twice as much as a home win in the RPI formula. So, yeah, it's easier to win home games, but they're not worth as much as a road victory. You have to try to strike the right balance with your schedule, if you want to optimize your RPI.

I haven't followed this but..then would it be a valid scheduling strategy to try to schedule road games against good teams with a low HCA?

Posted by hughesjr on 11/5/2010 2:39:00 PM (view original):
There are no fields in basketball

Haha I was going to say the same thing!

Posted by a_in_the_b on 11/5/2010 10:01:00 PM (view original):
I haven't followed this but..then would it be a valid scheduling strategy to try to schedule road games against good teams with a low HCA?

Personally think that would be an excellent strategy.  See, even though we constantly disagree on just about everything else, there's at least ONE thing we can agree on!  :^)

is the HCA higher for a BCS school then a mid-major?

Posted by emy1013 on 11/6/2010 3:11:00 AM (view original):

Posted by a_in_the_b on 11/5/2010 10:01:00 PM (view original):
I haven't followed this but..then would it be a valid scheduling strategy to try to schedule road games against good teams with a low HCA?

Personally think that would be an excellent strategy.  See, even though we constantly disagree on just about everything else, there's at least ONE thing we can agree on!  :^)

I'm pretty sure I;ve agreed with you on other things before. . just not, it seems, on the ones that turn in to extra long deathmatch/cage-match threads.

mini ~ HCA in D1 is usually determined by the number of wins you have, so mid majors can get A+ HCA, if they win 20 games a year consistently for 3-4 years.

Posted by a_in_the_b on 11/5/2010 10:01:00 PM (view original):
I haven't followed this but..then would it be a valid scheduling strategy to try to schedule road games against good teams with a low HCA?

Generally good teams have good HCA though or am I missing something? 

Posted by furry_nipps on 11/6/2010 6:19:00 PM (view original):

Posted by a_in_the_b on 11/5/2010 10:01:00 PM (view original):
I haven't followed this but..then would it be a valid scheduling strategy to try to schedule road games against good teams with a low HCA?

Generally good teams have good HCA though or am I missing something? 

Teams that have become good recently often haven't had the sustained results that lead to a good HCA.  You see a number each year that have good rosters but relatively poor HCA.

You would think... I'm looking over an early IBA thing, and some D prestige undefeated teams are already in the C range in div II HCA. Can't get much better then that. In Div III I see some staying in the D range, but HCA hardly matters there. In div I even D prestige schools are in the B range. Only place it'd somewhat work is div III, and the risk of playing a historicly bad team jsut because they might be good but have a low hca doesn't seem worth it to me. And the work to try to find them? No thanks.

True.  Haven't tried in d1.

Just a theory anyhow.

Posted by arssanguinus on 11/6/2010 7:40:00 PM (view original):

Posted by furry_nipps on 11/6/2010 6:19:00 PM (view original):

Posted by a_in_the_b on 11/5/2010 10:01:00 PM (view original):
I haven't followed this but..then would it be a valid scheduling strategy to try to schedule road games against good teams with a low HCA?

Generally good teams have good HCA though or am I missing something? 

Teams that have become good recently often haven't had the sustained results that lead to a good HCA.  You see a number each year that have good rosters but relatively poor HCA.

Agreed again.  Damn, twice in one thread, that's gotta be a new record for us arssanguinus!!