I have got the sharpest knife, so I get the biggest slice. "Revolution Rock" - The Clash
Niagara Purple Eagles
60 52
FINAL Neutral Lafayette Tournament
Long Island University Sharks
Kirby Sports Center (Neutral) · December 1, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread NIA -3.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money NIA -165 / LIU +135
Model Predictions
Spread Total NIA win
Actual NIA +8 112 Won
Massey NIA -1.0 (+7.0)
Massey Totals 148.3 (-36.3)
Bradley-Terry 33%
Weighted B-T 19%
Baseline Plus ML NIA -0.4 (+7.6) 140.0 (-28.0) 56%
Baseline ML LIU -0.5 (+8.5) 140.5 (-28.5) 50%
Baseline Tuned ML NIA -0.3 (+7.7) 140.7 (-28.7) 52%
Efficiency Plus ML NIA -2.1 (+5.9) 136.6 (-24.6) 61%

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 NIA LIU
Overall 11-20 17-16
Conference 6-14 12-4
Home 6-7 10-5
Away 3-13 7-9
Neutral 2-0 0-2
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.4 65.5
Avg Pts Against 71.6 66.5
Massey -6.8 (#297) -7.8 (#306)
Bradley-Terry -1.77 (#316) -1.05 (#266)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.07 (#325) -1.65 (#269)
RPI 0.363 (#347) 0.461 (#251)
Shooting & Four Factors NIA LIU
FG% 40.0% 41.9%
3PT% 33.3% 29.9%
REB / G 30.5 34.5
OREB / G 7.3 11.2
AST / TO 0.88 0.75
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.1% 47.0%
TOV% 16.8% 19.0%
ORB% 20.7% 30.4%
FT Rate 20.6% 23.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.7% 52.9%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 15.7%
DRB% 68.5% 70.7%
Opp FT Rate 25.1% 42.0%

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