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(2) Tennessee Volunteers
82 – 75
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(3) Creighton Bluejays
Little Caesars Arena (Neutral) · March 30, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread TENN -3.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money TENN -163 / CREI +125
Model Predictions
Spread Total TENN win
Actual TENN +7 157 Won
Massey TENN -1.8 (+5.2) — —
Massey Totals — 145.8 (+11.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 62% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 61% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML TENN -1.7 (+5.3) 142.1 (+14.9) 57% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ TENN -1.8 (+5.2) 144.9 (+12.1) 60% ✓
Baseline Plus ML TENN -2.6 (+4.4) 144.3 (+12.7) 56% ✓
Baseline ML TENN -2.0 (+5.0) 143.5 (+13.5) 53% ✓

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 TENN CREI
Overall 27-9 25-10
Conference 14-4 14-6
Home 14-2 14-2
Away 8-3 8-4
Neutral 5-4 3-4
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.8 80.4
Avg Pts Against 67.4 69.9
Massey 19.4 (#7) 17.6 (#12)
Bradley-Terry 2.97 (#5) 2.48 (#15)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.66 (#5) 3.20 (#11)
RPI 0.629 (#4) 0.599 (#20)
Shooting & Four Factors TENN CREI
FG% 44.3% 48.5%
3PT% 33.9% 36.6%
REB / G 39.1 38.2
OREB / G 11.8 8.4
AST / TO 1.59 1.58
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.3% 57.4%
TOV% 14.9% 15.4%
ORB% 32.8% 26.2%
FT Rate 25.8% 19.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.0% 46.2%
Opp TOV% 18.7% 11.1%
DRB% 72.0% 75.3%
Opp FT Rate 25.1% 12.3%

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