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Originally Posted by Smitty10 UD Arena has developed a national reputation of being a very tough place to play. Much more so than URI. Whether it's true that playing UD at the Arena is more difficult doesn't really matter, perception is everything.

Per Kenpom, some of that looks to be true, as we are #26 in home court advantage at +3.9 points per game, but #235 Central Michigan has a hca of +2.9, only 1 point lower, so it appears that our hca is not all that significant vs. everybody else's IMO.

#1, Louisiana Tech, is +4.5...dead last, #353 Canisius, is +1.6.

But, URI is +3.5, #80, so it is basically a wash when comparing the hca of UD vs. URI.

And BTW, Colorado is #2 at +4.5, that high altitude appears to make a difference.

	Rhode Island RHODE ISLAND The University of Rhode Island was chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888. The school became the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1892. Located in southern Rhode Island, URI is a quintessential New England campus - rural in feeling yet close to the city of Providence, the state's capital. Linked to the city, the beaches, and nearly every corner of the state by both rail and public transit, the campus is easily accessible from Boston and New York URI currently offers 100 majors in seven degree-granting colleges. There are more than 12,000 students on the Kingston campus, about 3,000 in Providence, and a complement of about 700 faculty. Fellow members of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Rams.