In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Gonzaga Bulldogs
63 – 76
FINAL Neutral Continental Tire Seattle Tip-Off
UConn Huskies
Climate Pledge Arena (Neutral) · December 16, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread CONN -3.5 Away covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money GONZ +155 / CONN -200
Model Predictions
Spread Total GONZ win
Actual CONN +13 139 Lost
Massey CONN -4.8 (-8.2) — —
Massey Totals — 146.0 (-7.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 21% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 12% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CONN -3.8 (-9.2) 145.0 (-6.0) 34% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CONN -4.6 (-8.4) 144.2 (-5.2) 31% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CONN -3.2 (-9.8) 145.6 (-6.6) 33% ✓
Baseline ML CONN -3.4 (-9.6) 147.0 (-8.0) 35% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 15, 2024 CONN 77 – 71 GONZ
Mar 26, 2023 CONN 82 – 54 GONZ

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GONZ CONN
Overall 27-8 37-3
Conference 14-2 18-2
Home 13-2 17-0
Away 8-2 8-3
Neutral 6-4 12-0
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 W13
Avg Pts For 83.4 81.4
Avg Pts Against 69.5 63.4
Massey 12.2 (#25) 17.1 (#9)
Bradley-Terry 1.98 (#37) 3.33 (#9)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.89 (#35) 4.89 (#8)
RPI 0.590 (#48) 0.636 (#19)
Shooting & Four Factors GONZ CONN
FG% 48.0% 50.9%
3PT% 33.3% 33.6%
REB / G 41.9 41.9
OREB / G 13.2 13.1
AST / TO 1.27 1.93
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.5% 58.2%
TOV% 17.4% 14.3%
ORB% 38.0% 39.8%
FT Rate 20.6% 26.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.8% 45.8%
Opp TOV% 17.5% 17.6%
DRB% 73.7% 77.6%
Opp FT Rate 21.6% 20.2%

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