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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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BOISE, ID – MARCH 15: Mike Daum #24 of the South Dakota State Jackrabbits reacts in the first half against the Ohio State Buckeyes during the first round of the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Taco Bell Arena on March 15, 2018 in Boise, Idaho. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
BOISE, ID – MARCH 15: Mike Daum #24 of the South Dakota State Jackrabbits reacts in the first half against the Ohio State Buckeyes during the first round of the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Taco Bell Arena on March 15, 2018 in Boise, Idaho. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

19) South Dakota State – Stanley J. Marshall Center/Frost Arena

Since South Dakota State moved to Division I in the 2005-06 season, few teams have had as much success at their home venue as the Jackrabbits.

Thanks largely to their play in Frost Arena inside of the Stanley J. Marshall Center, South Dakota State has won five Summit League regular-season titles and made five NCAA Tournament appearances despite only competing that this level for 14 seasons.

In those 14 seasons, the Jackrabbits have only lost 40 games at home. However, many of those losses happened early in the program’s Division I life. Over the past eight seasons, they have lost just six times at home, posting undefeated home records in five of those seasons.

If we’re going to count South Dakota State’s success before their move to Division I as well, it takes things to an entirely different class. Originally opened in 1973, the Jackrabbits have only lost 133 times since the arena opened – an average of less than three home losses per season over nearly half a century.

Unsurprisingly, their winning percentage at home is well over 40 percent higher than it is away from home. Obviously, those numbers would look different if they were playing different competition, but all you can do is beat who is in front of you – and few have done it better than the Jackrabbits. How’s that for a home-court advantage?

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