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Illinois the only B1G team that does not get to the FT line more at home

Almost every team gets to the line more at home than on the road (Illinois excluded), but Indiana sees the most pronounced split in the conference. Now, this should not be instantly taken as an indictment of the officials or proof of home cooking; we all know that free throw rates are usually driven by a team's aggressiveness and shot selection, as well as their opponent's propensity to foul. It could just be that the Hoosiers are extraordinarily emboldened by their raucous home crowd and earn more free throws as a result. Also, all these teams have played varying schedules, with opponents that either foul often or don't foul often, so there's certainly a lot of noise in this data. Still, the argument that Indiana is more home-court-dependent than other conference teams certainly gets a boost from this table.

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