Everybody know I'm a motherfucking monster. "Monster" - Kanye West
Western Carolina Catamounts
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FINAL SoCon/ASUN Challenge
Bellarmine Knights
Ramsey Center · December 5, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread WCU -5.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money WCU -225 / BELL +190
Model Predictions
Spread Total WCU win
Actual WCU +12 160 Won
Massey WCU -4.2 (+7.8)
Massey Totals 152.5 (+7.5)
Bradley-Terry 81%
Weighted B-T 67%
Baseline Plus ML WCU -2.1 (+9.9) 143.8 (+16.2) 53%
Baseline ML WCU -3.1 (+8.9) 146.2 (+13.8) 57%
Baseline Tuned ML WCU -3.4 (+8.6) 145.3 (+14.7) 61%
Efficiency Plus ML WCU -5.8 (+6.2) 144.4 (+15.6) 68%

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 WCU BELL
Overall 8-22 5-26
Conference 4-14 2-16
Home 7-7 5-10
Away 1-14 0-16
Neutral 0-1 0-0
Last 5 0-4 1-4
Streak L5 L2
Avg Pts For 67.1 70.9
Avg Pts Against 80.6 81.3
Massey -10.5 (#333) -9.6 (#323)
Bradley-Terry -2.20 (#328) -2.76 (#346)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.77 (#344) -3.46 (#335)
RPI 0.455 (#253) 0.332 (#360)
Shooting & Four Factors WCU BELL
FG% 36.0% 45.4%
3PT% 25.9% 34.6%
REB / G 37.5 28.1
OREB / G 10.5 5.9
AST / TO 0.57 0.92
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 42.1% 53.0%
TOV% 25.3% 21.1%
ORB% 28.0% 19.8%
FT Rate 13.8% 25.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.5% 56.8%
Opp TOV% 17.4% 14.9%
DRB% 70.6% 71.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.0% 24.6%

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