The Home Advantage in High School Basketball

Abstract

Occurrence of the home field advantage in high school basketball was examined for percentages of games won at home and away for four male varsity basketball teams from 1968–1988. Statistically significant home advantage for three of the four teams extends previous findings that the difference in the size of the home advantage between sport levels, i.e., college and professional levels within the same sport, is minimal. Results are consistent with the contention that the effects of travel on the size of the home advantage are minimal.