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Evansville’s free throw attempts at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Evansville was 2.5 free throw attempts over at home and 6.6 free throw attempts under away in 2025-26, 13 games against 13. The plain averages are 20.0 and 10.2, a difference of 9.8.

Evansville’s +9.0 at home vs away over expected ranks 2nd of the 365 teams with 6 games on each side in 2025-26 through Mar 5.

free throw attempts a game over expected

A +9.0 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 +9.8 difference in free throw attempts at home vs away is rare: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up less than once in 100.

The games

at homeaway
Evansville’s games, 2025-26, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultfree throw attemptsExpected
Nov 4, 2025@PurdueL411.5
Nov 7, 2025vsCCalumet St. JosephW8—
Nov 9, 2025vsOOakland CityW28—
Nov 12, 2025vsMiddle TennesseeL2418.6
Nov 18, 2025vsUT ArlingtonL3119.7
Nov 21, 2025vsOregon State (neutral)W3518.3
Nov 23, 2025vsAkron (neutral)L2316.0
Nov 24, 2025vsCharleston (neutral)L1814.2
Dec 3, 2025vsBall StateW1816.4
Dec 6, 2025@Western KentuckyL2322.4
Dec 13, 2025@Notre DameL1317.5
Dec 16, 2025vsBelmontL2417.3
Dec 21, 2025vsDrakeL2218.0
Dec 29, 2025@BradleyL1419.0
Jan 1, 2026@Illinois StateL1315.4
Jan 4, 2026vsNorthern IowaL1315.0
Jan 7, 2026vsMurray StateL1919.2
Jan 10, 2026@Indiana StateW416.1
Jan 13, 2026vsBradleyL3119.6
Jan 20, 2026@UICL1216.6
Jan 28, 2026@DrakeL1217.0
Jan 31, 2026@Northern IowaL713.7
Feb 3, 2026vsIndiana StateL1716.9
Feb 6, 2026@ValparaisoL1117.6
Feb 9, 2026vsIllinois StateW1916.7
Feb 12, 2026@Southern IllinoisL416.5
Feb 18, 2026vsUICL818.4
Feb 21, 2026@Murray StateL618.4
Feb 25, 2026@BelmontL1016.5
Feb 28, 2026vsValparaisoW2218.6
Mar 1, 2026vsSouthern IllinoisL1617.5
Mar 5, 2026vsNorthern Iowa (neutral)L1514.1

Method

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  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2025-26 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 0.9 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% 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.
  • Calumet St. Joseph, Oakland City have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.