You just want to be on the side that's winning. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
Columbia Lions
84 – 81
FINAL Conference
Pennsylvania Quakers
Ivy League · Levien Gymnasium · January 27, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread PENN -1.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money COLU +105 / PENN -133
Model Predictions
Spread Total COLU win
Actual COLU +3 165 Won
Massey COLU -1.7 (+1.3) — —
Massey Totals — 149.2 (+15.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 67% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 61% ✓
Baseline Plus ML COLU -1.5 (+1.5) 145.5 (+19.5) 60% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PENN -0.7 (+3.7) 145.5 (+19.5) 50% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML COLU -1.1 (+1.9) 146.2 (+18.8) 59% ✓
Baseline ML COLU -0.9 (+2.1) 146.4 (+18.6) 57% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 14, 2026 PENN 76 – 67 COLU
Jan 31, 2026 COLU 72 – 67 PENN
Mar 1, 2025 PENN 92 – 87 COLU
Jan 25, 2025 PENN 93 – 78 COLU
Mar 3, 2024 PENN 84 – 72 COLU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings COLU PENN
Overall 13-14 11-18
Conference 4-10 3-11
Home 9-6 9-6
Away 4-8 2-10
Neutral 0-0 0-2
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L6 L1
Avg Pts For 73.6 72.1
Avg Pts Against 75.3 75.7
Massey -3.0 (#215) -1.1 (#183)
Bradley-Terry -0.37 (#209) -0.38 (#211)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.52 (#221) -0.22 (#193)
RPI 0.484 (#200) 0.483 (#204)
Shooting & Four Factors COLU PENN
FG% 44.0% 44.0%
3PT% 37.2% 36.6%
REB / G 35.0 37.0
OREB / G 8.9 11.2
AST / TO 1.29 1.10
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.9% 51.8%
TOV% 17.3% 19.0%
ORB% 26.0% 31.2%
FT Rate 22.8% 18.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.8% 52.2%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 14.8%
DRB% 72.6% 73.0%
Opp FT Rate 20.6% 16.2%

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