He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
(1) Purdue Boilermakers
78 50
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(16) Grambling Tigers
Gainbridge Fieldhouse (Neutral) · March 22, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -26.5 Home covered
O/U 138.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +28 128 Won
Massey PUR -28.8 (-0.8)
Massey Totals 141.2 (-13.2)
Bradley-Terry 98%
Weighted B-T 99%
Baseline Plus ML PUR -29.9 (-1.9) 141.4 (-13.4) 89%
Model 4 ML PUR -22.4 (+5.6) 140.5 (-12.5) 90%
Model 3 ML PUR -21.8 (+6.2) 142.0 (-14.0) 90%
Baseline ML PUR -29.6 (-1.6) 141.1 (-13.1) 90%

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 PUR GRAM
Overall 34-5 21-15
Conference 17-3 14-4
Home 16-0 9-3
Away 7-3 7-9
Neutral 11-2 5-3
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 82.3 65.4
Avg Pts Against 69.0 69.5
Massey 21.7 (#4) -7.1 (#290)
Bradley-Terry 3.71 (#2) -0.17 (#189)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.59 (#1) -0.35 (#198)
RPI 0.674 (#1) 0.524 (#124)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR GRAM
FG% 48.8% 43.4%
3PT% 40.8% 34.2%
REB / G 40.4 31.1
OREB / G 12.2 8.9
AST / TO 1.60 0.68
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.0% 48.4%
TOV% 16.5% 20.1%
ORB% 37.4% 28.4%
FT Rate 30.9% 27.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.7% 49.5%
Opp TOV% 14.0% 18.9%
DRB% 75.3% 67.8%
Opp FT Rate 16.7% 24.7%

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