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Samford Bulldogs
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FINAL Samford Thanksgiving Invitational
West Georgia Wolves
Pete Hanna Center · November 29, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SAM -19.5 Home covered
O/U 156.5 Under
Money SAM -6000 / WGA +1800
Model Predictions
Spread Total SAM win
Actual SAM +21 151 Won
Massey SAM -18.6 (+2.4)
Massey Totals 161.9 (-10.9)
Bradley-Terry 99%
Weighted B-T 100%
Baseline Plus ML SAM -13.6 (+7.4) 151.8 (-0.8) 85%
Baseline ML SAM -13.0 (+8.0) 149.5 (+1.5) 83%
Baseline Tuned ML SAM -12.4 (+8.6) 148.6 (+2.4) 86%
Efficiency Plus ML SAM -15.5 (+5.5) 149.4 (+1.6) 87%

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 SAM WGA
Overall 22-11 6-25
Conference 12-6 4-14
Home 13-3 4-8
Away 9-7 2-15
Neutral 0-1 0-2
Last 5 4-1 0-5
Streak L3 W1
Avg Pts For 81.5 67.8
Avg Pts Against 76.8 78.8
Massey 3.2 (#118) -9.6 (#326)
Bradley-Terry 0.88 (#109) -2.84 (#344)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.57 (#142) -4.27 (#345)
RPI 0.540 (#111) 0.372 (#335)
Shooting & Four Factors SAM WGA
FG% 48.1% 40.0%
3PT% 36.9% 28.2%
REB / G 35.7 32.4
OREB / G 13.2 10.1
AST / TO 1.31 0.93
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.7% 44.1%
TOV% 18.5% 18.1%
ORB% 34.3% 26.4%
FT Rate 21.1% 15.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.5% 56.3%
Opp TOV% 21.7% 18.0%
DRB% 61.6% 69.3%
Opp FT Rate 28.7% 23.1%

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