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In ACC conference WBB games involving a team that was 2 or 3 time zones away from home
   West Coast games, Home team  9-3
   Central & Eastern time zone games,  Home team 11-5

for a combined, 20-8 winning record for the home team.

For the conference as a whole, the Home team record is  77-67.
Removing the 2+ time zone games, the Home record is 57-59.

Unless the schedules were rather stacked against both Stanford and Cal (sending the weak teams west, while the strong teams minimized any trips west), the discrepancy in the benefit of playing near home versus playing far from home seems pretty strong. 57-59 or 20-8

(I am NOT saying it is the time zone difference that matters, but that may be part of it.  I personally think it is travel issues (time plus physical and mental aspects).)

I would love to see the numbers for other sports, MBB, WVB, etc, across all teams in the ACC conference that had to travel 2+ time zones.

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In ACC conference WBB games involving a team that was 2 or 3 time zones away from home
   West Coast games, Home team  9-3
   Central & Eastern time zone games,  Home team 11-5

for a combined, 20-8 winning record for the home team.

For the conference as a whole, the Home team record is  77-67.
Removing the 2+ time zone games, the Home record is 57-59.

Unless the schedules were rather stacked against both Stanford and Cal (sending the weak teams west, while the strong teams minimized any trips west), the discrepancy in the benefit of playing near home versus playing far from home seems pretty strong. 57-59 or 20-8

(I am NOT saying it is the time zone difference that matters, but that may be part of it.  I personally think it is travel issues (time plus physical and mental aspects).)

I would love to see the numbers for other sports, MBB, WVB, etc, across all teams in the ACC conference that had to travel 2+ time zones.