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Reacts: Home Court Advantage?

COVID-19 has quieted arenas across the country.

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TCU Basketball vs PVAMU | Fort Worth, TX (12.30.20)
Playing in front of far less than capacity crowds has become the norm in college sports.
Melissa Triebwasser

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged in TCU Horned Frogs fans, and fans across the country. Sign up here to join Reacts.

According to the most recent SB Nation Reacts survey, 57 percent of TCU fans are confident the team is headed in the right direction. That’s down from 75 percent last week and a full 100 percent two weeks ago.

As has been said over and over again for the last year, this season of college basketball has been unlike any other. One of the most obvious changes is the lack of fans in attendance.

Many of the country’s most intimidating venues have lost some of their luster, giving road opponents more opportunities to earn a win. That change hasn’t been lost on fans. According to the most recent SB Nation Reacts survey, just over half of college basketball fans think home-court advantage has disappeared this season.

Despite the loss of a home-court advantage, a few teams have separated themselves from the rest of the country. The Gonzaga Bulldogs and Baylor Bears have been the two best teams all season long. For now, those teams appear to have a stronghold on one-seeds in the NCAA Tournament.

But figuring out which two teams should join them on the top lines is much harder. According to fans around the country, Villanova and Iowa are best positioned right now. The Wildcats earned 44 percent of the vote, just ahead of Iowa’s 43 percent. They were trailed by Michigan (36 percent), Texas (26 percent), Kansas (18 percent), Tennessee (14 percent), and Houston (seven percent).

To vote in the future SB Nation Reacts surveys and have your voice heard each week, sign up here.