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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.

FWIW, below is a link showing Stanford men's hoops against the spread. This season, Stanford has covered about half the time at home but much less often on the road (only once in away games not against Kal). The Stanford men this season have also never covered in a loss, whatever that means.

I don't see this as definitive proof that travel harms performance, but it isn't looking good.

https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basket...ts-results

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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.

FWIW, below is a link showing Stanford men's hoops against the spread. This season, Stanford has covered about half the time at home but much less often on the road (only once in away games not against Kal). The Stanford men this season have also never covered in a loss, whatever that means.

I don't see this as definitive proof that travel harms performance, but it isn't looking good.

https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basket...ts-results