I'm the all night drug prowling wolf who looks so sick in sun / I'm the white man in the Palais "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" - The Clash
(7) Washington State Cougars
66 – 61
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(10) Drake Bulldogs
CHI Health Center Omaha (Neutral) · March 22, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -1.5 Home covered
O/U 138.5 Under
Money WSU -111 / DRKE -115
Model Predictions
Spread Total WSU win
Actual WSU +5 127 Won
Massey WSU -1.0 (+4.0) — —
Massey Totals — 142.7 (-15.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 42% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 42% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML WSU -0.7 (+4.3) 142.3 (-15.3) 49% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DRKE -0.2 (+5.2) 139.5 (-12.5) 51% ✓
Baseline Plus ML WSU -0.2 (+4.8) 141.7 (-14.7) 50% ✗
Baseline ML WSU -0.5 (+4.5) 143.3 (-16.3) 54% ✓

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 WSU DRKE
Overall 25-10 28-7
Conference 14-6 16-4
Home 15-2 16-0
Away 6-4 6-5
Neutral 4-4 6-2
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.5 79.7
Avg Pts Against 66.7 70.5
Massey 11.8 (#43) 10.8 (#49)
Bradley-Terry 1.97 (#39) 2.27 (#23)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.25 (#46) 2.58 (#30)
RPI 0.568 (#55) 0.620 (#7)
Shooting & Four Factors WSU DRKE
FG% 46.6% 47.7%
3PT% 34.0% 36.5%
REB / G 37.7 34.5
OREB / G 11.2 8.0
AST / TO 1.16 1.64
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.1% 54.9%
TOV% 16.1% 13.7%
ORB% 32.9% 24.2%
FT Rate 22.2% 24.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.2% 51.0%
Opp TOV% 15.9% 17.5%
DRB% 75.2% 77.8%
Opp FT Rate 24.0% 21.8%

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