And then my good friend Shaggy says "Come spend some time, family" "44/876" -- Shaggy & Sting
Norfolk State Spartans
75 67
FINAL CIT Championship Game
Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons
Joseph G. Echols Hall · March 27, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread PFW -2.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money NORF +105 / PFW -133
Model Predictions
Spread Total NORF win
Actual NORF +8 142 Won
Massey PFW -2.2 (+10.2)
Massey Totals 146.3 (-4.3)
Bradley-Terry 53%
Weighted B-T 53%
Efficiency Plus ML NORF -0.8 (+7.2) 141.0 (+1.0) 57%
Baseline Tuned ML PFW -0.1 (+8.1) 142.4 (-0.4) 49%
Baseline ML PFW -0.6 (+8.6) 144.4 (-2.4) 50%
Baseline Plus ML PFW -0.2 (+8.2) 143.4 (-1.4) 51%

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 NORF PFW
Overall 24-11 23-13
Conference 11-3 11-9
Home 15-0 11-5
Away 6-8 10-8
Neutral 3-3 2-0
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak W2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.6 78.3
Avg Pts Against 68.6 72.9
Massey -3.8 (#238) 1.6 (#142)
Bradley-Terry -0.25 (#201) 0.20 (#149)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.47 (#211) 0.06 (#162)
RPI 0.502 (#167) 0.500 (#169)
Shooting & Four Factors NORF PFW
FG% 43.9% 46.1%
3PT% 33.0% 36.1%
REB / G 32.3 31.8
OREB / G 10.6 8.1
AST / TO 0.91 1.23
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.2% 53.7%
TOV% 18.5% 14.7%
ORB% 31.6% 22.8%
FT Rate 30.6% 21.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.7% 51.3%
Opp TOV% 22.2% 21.7%
DRB% 68.3% 70.6%
Opp FT Rate 32.6% 23.5%

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