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Wake Forest Demon Deacons
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FINAL Neutral ESPN Events Invitational
Minnesota Golden Gophers
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (Neutral) · November 29, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread WAKE -2.5 Home covered
O/U 127.5 Under
Money WAKE -150 / MINN +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total WAKE win
Actual WAKE +6 108 Won
Massey MINN -2.5 (+8.5)
Massey Totals 113.9 (-5.9)
Bradley-Terry 78%
Weighted B-T 80%
Baseline Plus ML MINN -0.1 (+6.1) 128.3 (-20.3) 45%
Baseline ML MINN -1.6 (+7.6) 125.8 (-17.8) 50%
Baseline Tuned ML MINN -0.0 (+6.0) 122.0 (-14.0) 53%
Efficiency Plus ML WAKE -0.2 (+5.8) 127.7 (-19.7) 55%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WAKE MINN
Overall 21-11 15-17
Conference 13-7 7-13
Home 13-3 10-9
Away 6-6 5-5
Neutral 2-2 0-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 70.2 68.1
Avg Pts Against 68.0 69.7
Massey -1.9 (#200) 0.6 (#154)
Bradley-Terry 1.84 (#54) 0.55 (#135)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.36 (#73) 0.96 (#125)
RPI 0.541 (#110) 0.526 (#131)
Shooting & Four Factors WAKE MINN
FG% 43.2% 42.3%
3PT% 27.8% 27.9%
REB / G 33.9 35.4
OREB / G 9.1 10.9
AST / TO 1.08 1.48
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.6% 47.4%
TOV% 17.8% 16.4%
ORB% 26.2% 30.3%
FT Rate 25.4% 23.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.6% 45.3%
Opp TOV% 21.8% 19.9%
DRB% 67.8% 70.8%
Opp FT Rate 21.5% 16.7%

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