And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound of the low spark of high heeled boys. "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" - Traffic
George Mason Patriots
71 – 67
FINAL Conference
Dayton Flyers
Atlantic 10 Conference · EagleBank Arena · February 22, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread DAY -3.5 Home covered
O/U 133.5 Over
Money GMU +138 / DAY -175
Model Predictions
Spread Total GMU win
Actual GMU +4 138 Won
Massey DAY -3.5 (+7.5) — —
Massey Totals — 133.4 (+4.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 30% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 24% ✗
Baseline Plus ML DAY -2.0 (+6.0) 132.8 (+5.2) 49% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DAY -1.8 (+5.8) 134.2 (+3.8) 44% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML DAY -2.2 (+6.2) 134.7 (+3.3) 41% ✗
Baseline ML DAY -1.8 (+5.8) 134.6 (+3.4) 47% ✗

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 19, 2026 DAY 82 – 67 GMU
Jan 16, 2025 GMU 67 – 59 DAY
Feb 25, 2023 GMU 74 – 69 DAY
Jan 23, 2022 GMU 50 – 49 DAY
Feb 6, 2021 DAY 74 – 65 GMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GMU DAY
Overall 20-12 25-8
Conference 9-9 14-4
Home 14-3 15-0
Away 5-7 6-5
Neutral 1-2 4-3
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.6 74.2
Avg Pts Against 66.1 66.5
Massey 6.0 (#94) 12.9 (#28)
Bradley-Terry 1.20 (#88) 2.68 (#11)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.42 (#94) 3.29 (#7)
RPI 0.570 (#62) 0.646 (#4)
Shooting & Four Factors GMU DAY
FG% 46.4% 47.6%
3PT% 36.1% 39.0%
REB / G 36.4 34.0
OREB / G 10.1 8.2
AST / TO 1.03 1.53
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.2% 56.2%
TOV% 17.5% 15.0%
ORB% 31.3% 27.0%
FT Rate 27.9% 27.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.7% 46.9%
Opp TOV% 15.6% 15.8%
DRB% 72.9% 70.0%
Opp FT Rate 23.3% 14.3%

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