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(6) South Carolina Gamecocks
73 – 87
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(11) Oregon Ducks
PPG Paints Arena (Neutral) · March 21, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ORE -2.5 Away covered
O/U 135.5 Over
Money SC +110 / ORE -138
Model Predictions
Spread Total SC win
Actual ORE +14 160 Lost
Massey ORE -0.4 (-13.6) — —
Massey Totals — 135.5 (+24.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 72% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 77% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML SC -0.2 (-14.2) 137.4 (+22.6) 53% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ORE -1.1 (-12.9) 134.8 (+25.2) 38% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SC -0.2 (-14.2) 136.9 (+23.1) 45% ✓
Baseline ML SC -0.7 (-14.7) 136.6 (+23.4) 45% ✓

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 SC ORE
Overall 26-8 24-12
Conference 13-5 12-8
Home 14-3 13-3
Away 8-3 6-5
Neutral 4-2 5-4
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 72.1 75.6
Avg Pts Against 67.6 72.3
Massey 9.2 (#61) 9.7 (#56)
Bradley-Terry 2.71 (#8) 1.76 (#52)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.25 (#9) 2.06 (#55)
RPI 0.575 (#44) 0.562 (#62)
Shooting & Four Factors SC ORE
FG% 43.9% 45.7%
3PT% 33.5% 33.6%
REB / G 35.9 34.2
OREB / G 11.5 9.9
AST / TO 1.52 1.35
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.8% 51.8%
TOV% 15.4% 14.8%
ORB% 33.1% 28.7%
FT Rate 22.7% 23.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.9% 51.5%
Opp TOV% 15.0% 17.9%
DRB% 72.0% 72.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.5% 23.7%

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