Home-ball Advantage

[IASTATE07]

The Hawks invented complaining about the home-ball advantage.

https://www.stack.com/a/blame-it-on...uld-have-contributed-to-loss-against-maryland

The UA ball is complete ****. I was always partial to the Spalding ball, but I'm not sure why you wouldn't just the Wilson ball that is going to be used in the post season.

 

[AuH2O]

Seems like the term spherical is pretty loose these days. The seems are so far inset on a lot of the balls it is crazy. My kids have some nice traditional Wilsons which are less aggressively seamed than most of the nike balls. My 5' sixth grader can even palm the 28.5 because the grip and seams are so aggressive. He's got some big ass hands but probably shouldn't be able to palm a ball.

 

[HFCS]

It's a slight advantage, but most schools have a ton of different kinds of basketballs in order to prepare for the basketball they will use the next game. Iowa State has Under Armour, Nike, Spalding, Wilson, European style, etc. Usually the Nike schools have a deal with the company where the basketballs are provided with their uniforms / gear.. same with Adidas and Under Armour. If anyone has played with the Under Armour ball before, you'd know how terrible it is. It feels like a rock and feels weird coming off your hand when shooting.

The Wilson ball is used for the NCAA tournament and the Big 12 Tournament and a lot of teams use that as their primary ball for home games, regardless of whether they are a Nike, Under Armour or Adidas school. I like those a lot and am surprised that more schools don't use that considering it's what you'd use if you made the tournament.

Probably the main reason ISU usually wins the B12T.

 

[AuH2O]

In AAU when I saw that classic Wilson ball I knew it was going to be a good day from the field.

Pretty much all other balls should be outlawed. Not sure how anyone can shoot one of the NCAA Wilsons and decide to spend the same money on a Nike ball. And the UA balls are gross

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

The GOAT game ball...

 

[SayMyName]

Have had this beaut sitting on a shelf in my garage for MANY years now:

 

[CloniesForLife]

The home team always supplies the game balls in basketball. This is news? There are lots of brands. This is news?

I knew both of those things. I didn't realize there wasn't a standard ball and that each school got to choose. Seems like there should be a standard. Just an interesting article that I was unaware of

 

[zarnold56]

The GOAT game ball...

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I think our family got one of these every year.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Have had this beaut sitting on a shelf in my garage for MANY years now:

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my favorite thing to get back in the old days.

 

[madguy30]

Seems like the term spherical is pretty loose these days. The seems are so far inset on a lot of the balls it is crazy. My kids have some nice traditional Wilsons which are less aggressively seamed than most of the nike balls. My 5' sixth grader can even palm the 28.5 because the grip and seams are so aggressive. He's got some big ass hands but probably shouldn't be able to palm a ball.

8th grade basketball we were still using 28.5 (girls' high school size) and my hands grew so it took me half the season to just get used to handling it. Getting to high school was a better fit.

 

[Macloney]

Nerds need not apply.

 

[Bocy]

Nerds need not apply.

I have no idea how many of these we went through when I was a kid...but it was certainly a lot. Loved shooting baskets on the side of the corn crib with this ball!

 

[Statefan10]

Probably the main reason ISU usually wins the B12T.

Well that's the weird thing. Iowa State doesn't use the NCAA's Wilson basketball. We use a Nike one.

 

[DurangoCy]

I find it hard to believe that they were using the same balls for practice that they used for games. We had separate balls for games going back to high school and middle school. I would have expected the same in college, especially since most teams would practice in a different facility from where they play games.

Whooooosh

 

[g4ce]

I actually prefer the Baden Elite ball. And it just so happens to be $20 cheaper than the Wilson NCAA ball

 

[IASTATE4LIFE]

Can we start practicing with the same ball we use in games so we can make a shot at some point this season?