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Message: [QUOTE="Demo Square, post: 4888515, member: 10861"] Hey Guys, Whaddaya think about this: When college & pro teams travel so far from home, they often come out flat. Long plane rides DO sap your legs & thus your outside shooting too. And apparently, Hurley's mood too. I think the distance from Omaha, NB to Storrs, CT had something to do with tonight's lacklustre Huskies' away game, as was easily seen with our 3-16 three's stat. If you want more evidence, check out how badly Creighton & other far away teams have done in Storrs or Hartford. It's revealing. As will all the expanded flat games that will by played in the expanded Big Ten when former Pac-12 teams criss-cross the country. The University of Hawai sports teams travel father than any other team by far. Their all-time away record no matter their league or the sport, (except volleyball where they always dominate the nationals) is just a 30% winning percentage. At home in Honolulu, they win at least 62% of the time, So Hawaii knows the huge performance impact that long distance can make on their teams. And they usually go out in early rounds of league or NCAA tournament playoffs because of it. I think that had a lot to do with tonight's Creighton loss - & well-coached, well stocked, & rested Creighton played really well at home against our travel-fatigued Huskies. What do you think about this hypothesis? Father Demo PS: When I played DIV.1 college ball at NYU in the early 60's, we never won much when we had to go on the road past one or two time zones. Even Coach Lou Rossini didn't torture us much for those long-distance losses. - Father Demo [/QUOTE]

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