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Rhode Island Rams
61 – 72
FINAL Neutral Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off
Northwestern Wildcats
Mohegan Sun Arena (Neutral) · November 18, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread NU -9.0 Away covered
O/U 134.0 Under
Money URI +335 / NU -440
Model Predictions
Spread Total URI win
Actual NU +11 133 Lost
Massey URI -5.9 (-16.9) — —
Massey Totals — 138.2 (-5.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 26% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 16% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NU -1.5 (-9.5) 129.2 (+3.8) 32% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML URI -2.1 (-13.1) 136.9 (-3.9) 59% ✗
Baseline ML URI -2.3 (-13.3) 135.9 (-2.9) 59% ✗
Baseline Plus ML URI -0.7 (-11.7) 131.2 (+1.8) 46% ✓

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 URI NU
Overall 12-20 22-12
Conference 6-12 12-8
Home 9-8 15-2
Away 3-8 4-7
Neutral 0-4 3-3
Last 5 3-0 3-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.8 73.3
Avg Pts Against 76.9 69.1
Massey 3.5 (#110) -2.3 (#225)
Bradley-Terry 1.00 (#97) 2.07 (#32)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.37 (#101) 3.05 (#31)
RPI 0.458 (#222) 0.666 (#53)
Shooting & Four Factors URI NU
FG% 53.5% 44.8%
3PT% 37.2% 27.6%
REB / G 43.7 28.0
OREB / G 12.7 9.7
AST / TO 1.31 1.50
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.1% 49.7%
TOV% 19.7% 14.0%
ORB% 38.8% 30.5%
FT Rate 25.0% 27.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.1% 54.1%
Opp TOV% 14.3% 27.5%
DRB% 72.1% 65.5%
Opp FT Rate 15.9% 20.0%

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