Toughest Buildings in the MVC

[Old School MVC]

I will tier them:

Koch
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SIU
Redbird
Hullman
McCloud
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Everyone else

Koch is BY FAR the biggest homecourt advantage....PERIOD!

[Blers]

Koch is undoubtedly the toughest place to play at this point. Especially given it's consistent fan base. I'd have to imagine it'll be electric when the Redbirds come through. After that i'd go with a toss up of McLeod and Redbird.... with my limited experience with other arenas at this point the rest all seems pretty muddled to me.

The way Gentile amplifies sound is fantastic. The few times it's been filled it's gotten deafening. We're 10-1 there this season...... But uhh.... the "few times" is the issue with that sentence; and being in Chicago there's almost always a decent contingent of away fans.

So much potential for the arena if able to keep building a steady fan base.

[Cdizzle]

This is the best thread of all the threads so far this year.

[musiccitybulldog]

Back before the Koch's name appeared and the round house, and was the Henry Levitt Arena, wasn't the center circle and free throw circles all painted black? Even the perimeter was painted black if I remember right?
Looked menacing.

I remember parking at WSU and saw the football stadium, it looked like you could probably see downtown Kansas City from the top row.

[Stickboy46]

I missed where ISUr had a 43 game winning streak and has gone 54-1 in their last 55 games at home.

I also missed where multiple non-biased reports have said how tough it is to play in RBA.

http://theledgesports.com/2015/12/29/to ... asketball/
http://fansided.com/2015/09/30/30-tough ... s-play/22/
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... basketball
http://www.uloop.com/news/view.php/1493 ... Basketball
http://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery ... l/1958499/
http://insider.espn.com/blog/jeff-goodman/post?id=4589

Here is one listed for strictly mid majors, they must have forgot to list RBA
http://www.midmajormadness.com/2013/7/9 ... top-venues

I guess you must know better than all of these people ...

[Cdizzle]

I'm disappointed so many of you are getting trolled by this

[Stickboy46]

I'm disappointed so many of you are getting trolled by this

It's very obviously a troll, but why not? At least it's in it's own thread.

[BirdsEyeView]

The way Gentile amplifies sound is fantastic. The few times it's been filled it's gotten deafening. We're 10-1 there this season...... But uhh.... the "few times" is the issue with that sentence; and being in Chicago there's almost always a decent contingent of away fans.

So much potential for the arena if able to keep building a steady fan base.

You are 10-1 at your gym? I didn't realize that Redbird blowout win was your only loss there this year. Interesting. Good for you guys.

As for this thread...hilarious.
Redbird Arena struggles for good attendance and we have a lot of white hairs who are annoyed by others yelling or standing up. Although we have won 17 straight, it is not a menacing place to play.

[shocktheheart]

What does the data say?

Last four plus years all my own math:

School Total Home MVC
WSU 72-4 38-3
UNI 56-12 33-8
ISUR 57-16 32-9
ISU 48-17 29-11
MSU 47-25 25-16
EU 55-21 24-16
SIU 46-24 23-17
Drake 34-32 19-21
Bradley 39-35 18-22
Loyola 47-23 15-17

Data doesn't hold up your arguement

[Blers]

The way Gentile amplifies sound is fantastic. The few times it's been filled it's gotten deafening. We're 10-1 there this season...... But uhh.... the "few times" is the issue with that sentence; and being in Chicago there's almost always a decent contingent of away fans.

So much potential for the arena if able to keep building a steady fan base.

You are 10-1 at your gym? I didn't realize that Redbird blowout win was your only loss there this year. Interesting. Good for you guys.

As for this thread...hilarious.
Redbird Arena struggles for good attendance and we have a lot of white hairs who are annoyed by others yelling or standing up. Although we have won 17 straight, it is not a menacing place to play.

Yep! What an awful game for us. ISUr is literally the worst case scenario for a winter break game here. No students. ISUr just took it over.