Stat differences for SEC home and road games

[Ulysses_S_Grunt]

Warning: Long Post

I was curious as to why we've seen such a huge difference between how our Hogs play at home and how they play on the road.

I pulled the stats for Hog SEC Road games and SEC home games from last night and last season. Thought I would share the information
in case anyone else wanted to see it.

Data includes 10 road games and 9 home games


I'll break it down into different categories

Shooting/Scoring Averages:
Field Goal Percentage:
Home: 43.23%
Away: 38.37%
Difference: Hogs shoot 4.86 % better from the field at home

3 Point Percentage:
Home: 31.31%
Away: 24.51%
Difference: Hogs shoot 6.8% better from three at home

Free Throws Attempted:
Home: 22.89
Away: 16.7
Difference: 6.19 more free throws attempted at home

Free Throw Percentage:
Home: 70.87%
Away: 56.89%
Difference: Hogs shoot 13.98% better from the free throw line at home

Total Points:
Home: 74.89
Away: 58.7
Difference: Hogs score 16.19 more points at home


Shooting/Scoring Defense Averages:
Opponent Field Goal Percentage:
Home: 41.96%
Away: 45.22%
Difference: Opponents shoot 3.26% better on their home courts

Opponent Three Point Percentage:
Home: 34.23%
Away: 39.16%
Difference: Opponents shoot 4.93% better on their home courts

Opponent Free Throw Attempts:
Home: 22.56
Away: 24.1
Difference: Opponents shoot 1.54 more free throws per game on their home courts

Opponent Free Throw Percentage:
Home: 67.98
Away: 67.22
Difference: Opponents shoot 0.76% better from the free throw line at Bud Walton

Total Points Allowed:
Home: 62.78
Away: 71.9
Difference: Hogs allow 9.12 more points per game on the road.


Defense/Rebounds/Fouls Averages:
Offensive Rebounds:
Home: 9.22
Away: 9.5

Total Rebounds:
Home: 31.11
Away: 29.3

Opponents Offensive Rebounds:
Home: 8.11
Away: 10.4

Opponents Total Rebounds:
Home: 33.33
Away: 37.5

Rebounding Margin:
Home: -2.22
Away: -8.2
Difference: Hogs are out-rebounded by an additional 5.98 rebounds per game away from home.

Turnovers Forced:
Home: 19.78
Away: 14.3

Turnovers Allowed:
Home: 10.33
Away: 12.8

Turnover Margin:
Home: +9.45
Away: +1.5
Difference: Hogs win turnover battle by an additional 7.95 turnovers per game at home.

Fouls Committed:
Home: 19.11
Away: 21.3

Fouls Drawn:
Home: 20.44
Away: 15

Foul Difference:
Home: Opponents commit 1.33 more fouls per game than the Hogs
Away: Hogs commit 6.3 more fouls per game than their opponents

Assists:
Home: 16
Away: 11.7

Opponents Assists:
Home: 11.22
Away: 13.7


Things that stood out to me:

The biggest shooting percentage that stood out to me was the Free Throw percentage at home and on the road. Shooting
nearly 14% worse on the road while our opponents actually shoot nearly 1% better at Bud Walton. I have to think this comes
down to preparation and appears to be a mental issue more than anything.

The foul difference also was a red flag. Our opponents are drawing 6.3 more fouls per game than the Hogs on the road, while we
are only drawing 1.33 more at home. This leads to our opponents attempting on average 7.4 more free throws per game when we're on the road.
Some will attribute this to us not getting the same "home cooking" that the other teams get. I think it has to do more with our aggressiveness
on the road. Again, a mental issue to me.

Turnovers: Our defense doesn't appear to be as aggressive or successful in forcing turnovers on the road. We still win the turnover
margin on the road, but by almost 8 fewer turnovers per game. This results in fewer transition baskets.

I was expecting to find that our shooting percentages were much lower on the road. I was surprised to find that our opponents weren't
as bad as we are on the road when they came to Bud Walton. Our opponents decline in Field Goal percentage on the road was 1.6% less than
ours. Three point percentage decline was nearly 2% less than the Hogs.

All of this adds up to a pretty large scoring difference:
At Home the Hogs have won by an average of 12.11 points per game, while losing by an average of 13.2 points per game for a
difference of 25.3 points per game.

Looking forward to seeing other's thoughts.