You just want to be on the side that's winning. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
Ohio State Buckeyes
92 – 81
FINAL Neutral Emerald Coast Classic
Alabama Crimson Tide
Raider Arena (Neutral) · November 25, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread ALA -6.5 Home covered
O/U 155.0 Over
Money OSU +250 / ALA -320
Model Predictions
Spread Total OSU win
Actual OSU +11 173 Won
Massey ALA -18.9 (+29.9) — —
Massey Totals — 150.9 (+22.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 11% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 6% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ALA -11.3 (+22.3) 153.6 (+19.4) 21% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML ALA -10.3 (+21.3) 152.9 (+20.1) 17% ✗
Baseline ML ALA -12.0 (+23.0) 151.4 (+21.6) 18% ✗
Baseline Plus ML ALA -11.8 (+22.8) 147.4 (+25.6) 23% ✗

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 OSU ALA
Overall 22-14 25-12
Conference 9-11 13-5
Home 15-5 14-2
Away 2-8 5-5
Neutral 5-1 6-5
Last 5 3-1 4-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.5 90.1
Avg Pts Against 70.2 81.2
Massey 4.9 (#100) 23.8 (#2)
Bradley-Terry 0.45 (#151) 2.55 (#27)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.74 (#145) 3.55 (#35)
RPI 0.549 (#118) 0.746 (#6)
Shooting & Four Factors OSU ALA
FG% 44.9% 56.8%
3PT% 35.4% 48.9%
REB / G 39.5 43.5
OREB / G 12.5 12.5
AST / TO 1.38 1.51
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.1% 65.9%
TOV% 15.9% 15.5%
ORB% 34.7% 41.3%
FT Rate 23.5% 40.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.8% 44.2%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 16.8%
DRB% 71.5% 75.2%
Opp FT Rate 14.0% 22.0%

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