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Virginia Tech Hokies
50 – 84
FINAL Neutral ESPN Events Invitational
Florida Atlantic Owls
State Farm Field House (Neutral) · November 26, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread FAU -2.5 Away covered
O/U 149.5 Under
Money VT +130 / FAU -167
Model Predictions
Spread Total VT win
Actual FAU +34 134 Lost
Massey VT -1.0 (-35.0) — —
Massey Totals — 156.2 (-22.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 61% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 80% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ FAU -0.3 (-33.7) 146.3 (-12.3) 47% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML VT -0.2 (-34.2) 149.4 (-15.4) 54% ✗
Baseline ML FAU -0.1 (-33.9) 149.4 (-15.4) 50% ✓
Baseline Plus ML VT -0.4 (-34.4) 147.9 (-13.9) 51% ✗

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 VT FAU
Overall 19-15 25-9
Conference 10-10 14-4
Home 15-2 13-1
Away 2-10 5-5
Neutral 2-3 7-3
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 74.9 82.0
Avg Pts Against 71.0 73.4
Massey 11.0 (#31) 10.0 (#39)
Bradley-Terry 2.45 (#33) 1.99 (#48)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.22 (#24) 2.82 (#53)
RPI 0.588 (#67) 0.654 (#27)
Shooting & Four Factors VT FAU
FG% 47.6% 48.0%
3PT% 37.7% 37.7%
REB / G 33.2 35.8
OREB / G 8.3 11.0
AST / TO 1.83 1.52
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.4% 56.1%
TOV% 14.2% 14.4%
ORB% 27.8% 32.2%
FT Rate 35.3% 24.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.5% 49.7%
Opp TOV% 21.8% 18.9%
DRB% 73.8% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 21.2% 21.0%

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