Come on down and meet your maker. Come on down and take a stand. "The Stand" - The Alarm
(3) Illinois Fighting Illini
85 – 69
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(14) Morehead State Eagles
CHI Health Center Omaha (Neutral) · March 21, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ILL -10.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money ILL -700 / MORE +450
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILL win
Actual ILL +16 154 Won
Massey ILL -14.3 (+1.7) — —
Massey Totals — 149.2 (+4.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 88% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 93% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ILL -11.9 (+4.1) 146.7 (+7.3) 83% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ILL -12.6 (+3.4) 145.0 (+9.0) 84% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ILL -12.1 (+3.9) 144.0 (+10.0) 84% ✓
Baseline ML ILL -11.5 (+4.5) 144.8 (+9.2) 84% ✓

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 ILL MORE
Overall 29-9 26-9
Conference 14-6 14-4
Home 15-3 14-1
Away 6-5 9-7
Neutral 8-1 3-1
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 83.4 72.3
Avg Pts Against 73.3 66.3
Massey 17.1 (#13) 2.8 (#127)
Bradley-Terry 2.69 (#9) 0.74 (#115)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.45 (#8) 0.84 (#119)
RPI 0.611 (#12) 0.556 (#71)
Shooting & Four Factors ILL MORE
FG% 47.1% 46.4%
3PT% 35.0% 35.3%
REB / G 41.3 36.5
OREB / G 12.9 10.2
AST / TO 1.21 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.8% 54.3%
TOV% 15.1% 18.6%
ORB% 36.2% 32.0%
FT Rate 28.1% 22.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.0% 45.7%
Opp TOV% 12.4% 15.4%
DRB% 73.9% 73.6%
Opp FT Rate 19.5% 24.8%

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