Putting Up Numbers· men's college basketball

Columbia’s free throw attempts at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Columbia was 3.0 free throw attempts under at home and 2.4 free throw attempts over away over its last 60 games, 28 games against 28. The plain averages are 16.0 and 19.1, a difference of 3.1.

Columbia’s −5.5 at home vs away over expected ranks 363rd of the 365 teams with 6 games on each side over their last 60 games through Mar 6, 2026.

free throw attempts a game over expected

A −5.5 difference in free throw attempts over expected at home vs away is rare: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up less than once in 100.

A −3.1 difference in free throw attempts at home vs away is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 9 times in 100.

The games

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Columbia’s games, last 60 games, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultfree throw attemptsExpected
Feb 23, 2024vsBrownL1519.4
Feb 24, 2024vsYaleL2516.2
Mar 1, 2024@PrincetonL913.8
Mar 2, 2024@PennsylvaniaL2514.3
Mar 9, 2024vsCornellL1819.6
Nov 4, 2024@Loyola MarylandW3016.3
Nov 6, 2024@VillanovaW2615.5
Nov 9, 2024vsDelaware StateW2222.1
Nov 12, 2024vsLehighW2120.8
Nov 16, 2024vsMercyhurstW1321.9
Nov 20, 2024@Long Island UniversityW2321.6
Nov 23, 2024vsStony BrookW818.0
Nov 25, 2024vsNew HampshireW1121.3
Dec 4, 2024@UAlbanyL2618.6
Dec 7, 2024vsMMerchant MarineW11—
Dec 9, 2024vsSSarah LawrenceW21—
Dec 28, 2024vsFairfieldW1719.4
Dec 30, 2024@RutgersL616.5
Jan 11, 2025vsCornellL920.8
Jan 18, 2025vsYaleL2117.9
Jan 20, 2025@PrincetonL1717.2
Jan 25, 2025@PennsylvaniaL1915.7
Jan 31, 2025vsHarvardL1916.1
Feb 1, 2025vsDartmouthL2316.5
Feb 8, 2025vsBrownW2218.9
Feb 14, 2025@DartmouthL1015.8
Feb 15, 2025@HarvardL715.5
Feb 21, 2025@BrownL2517.2
Feb 22, 2025@YaleL1616.7
Feb 28, 2025vsPrincetonL1718.7
Mar 1, 2025vsPennsylvaniaL1817.2
Mar 8, 2025@CornellL2218.5
Nov 7, 2025@New HavenW1414.5
Nov 10, 2025@UConnL2017.3
Nov 13, 2025vsUMass LowellW2617.0
Nov 18, 2025vsBoston UniversityW918.5
Nov 21, 2025@LehighW1918.0
Nov 23, 2025vsLongwoodW1221.8
Nov 26, 2025@FairfieldW1616.5
Nov 29, 2025vsSSarah LawrenceW17—
Dec 3, 2025vsHofstraW1618.6
Dec 6, 2025vsUAlbanyW1919.3
Dec 9, 2025@Stony BrookL1917.5
Dec 21, 2025@CaliforniaL1218.3
Dec 28, 2025@North FloridaW2117.8
Dec 31, 2025vsPPenn State AbingtonW19—
Jan 5, 2026@CornellW3318.9
Jan 10, 2026vsHarvardL1115.3
Jan 17, 2026@BrownL2118.4
Jan 19, 2026@YaleL2513.2
Jan 24, 2026@DartmouthW2916.4
Jan 30, 2026vsPennsylvaniaW617.3
Jan 31, 2026vsPrincetonL1718.7
Feb 7, 2026vsCornellL1721.6
Feb 13, 2026@PennsylvaniaL1315.2
Feb 14, 2026@PrincetonW2017.0
Feb 21, 2026vsDartmouthL919.4
Feb 27, 2026vsBrownW1420.4
Feb 28, 2026vsYaleL915.8
Mar 6, 2026@HarvardL1113.7

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 1.0 in 2023-24, plus 0.9 in 2024-25, plus 0.9 in 2025-26 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 80% in 2023-24, 79% in 2024-25, 80% in 2025-26 of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
  • Merchant Marine, Sarah Lawrence, Sarah Lawrence, Penn State Abington have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.