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NCAA Basketball: Ranking the nation’s 25 best home-court advantages

By Brian Rauf

LAWRENCE, KANSAS - JANUARY 09: Lagerald Vick #24 of the Kansas Jayhawks pumps up the crowd prior to the start of the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Allen Fieldhouse on January 09, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
LAWRENCE, KANSAS - JANUARY 09: Lagerald Vick #24 of the Kansas Jayhawks pumps up the crowd prior to the start of the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Allen Fieldhouse on January 09, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS – FEBRUARY 25: Mitch Lightfoot #44 of the Kansas Jayhawks celebrates during the game against the Kansas State Wildcats at Allen Fieldhouse on February 25, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
LAWRENCE, KANSAS – FEBRUARY 25: Mitch Lightfoot #44 of the Kansas Jayhawks celebrates during the game against the Kansas State Wildcats at Allen Fieldhouse on February 25, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

1) Kansas – Allen Fieldhouse

As great as Cameron Indoor is, Allen Fieldhouse takes the cake as the best home court advantage in the country.

For starters, The Phog gets loud. Really loud. In fact, they set the Guinness World Record for the loudest crowd (130.4 decibels) at an indoor sporting event in an 84-80 overtime win over West Virginia on February 13, 2017.

Kansas is great everywhere but they are a special kind of great at The Phog. Since the arena opened in 1955, they have a 790–114 record, giving them an .874 winning percentage.

This advantage has gotten even greater since the turn over the century. The Jayhawks have only lost 15 home games since 2001, which is about twice every three years. Since head coach Bill Self took over in 2003, Kansas has only lost 13 games at home. They have more conference championships (14 straight from 2005-2018) than home losses under Self, which is the most absurd of all the absurd stats.

The crazy thing is that all of those numbers have come down in recent years as the Jayhawks last three games at home during the 2017-18 season, which felt unprecedented.

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With 16,300 fans packing Allen Fieldhouse for every game (they have sold out every game since the second game of the 2001-02 season), The Phog has it all – the atmosphere, the number of people, and the ridiculous winning pedigree in front of their fans. Kansas enjoys the nation’s best home-court advantage because of it.

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