The name is Big Daddy, yes big not little. "Ain't No Half Steppin'" - Big Daddy Kane
(1) Purdue Boilermakers
72 66
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(2) Tennessee Volunteers
Little Caesars Arena (Neutral) · March 31, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -3.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money PUR -167 / TENN +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +6 138 Won
Massey PUR -3.1 (+2.9)
Massey Totals 147.9 (-9.9)
Bradley-Terry 69%
Weighted B-T 73%
Baseline Plus ML PUR -4.9 (+1.1) 145.0 (-7.0) 75%
Model 4 ML PUR -5.1 (+0.9) 148.3 (-10.3) 75%
Model 3 ML PUR -5.2 (+0.8) 144.4 (-6.4) 72%
Baseline ML PUR -4.0 (+2.0) 144.1 (-6.1) 75%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 22, 2023 PUR 7167 TENN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PUR TENN
Overall 34-5 27-9
Conference 17-3 14-4
Home 16-0 14-2
Away 7-3 8-3
Neutral 11-2 5-4
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 82.3 78.8
Avg Pts Against 69.0 67.4
Massey 22.6 (#3) 19.5 (#7)
Bradley-Terry 3.86 (#2) 3.04 (#4)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.75 (#2) 3.74 (#5)
RPI 0.677 (#1) 0.633 (#4)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR TENN
FG% 49.2% 44.2%
3PT% 41.0% 34.2%
REB / G 40.6 39.1
OREB / G 12.3 11.8
AST / TO 1.68 1.61
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.4% 51.2%
TOV% 16.3% 14.7%
ORB% 37.9% 32.7%
FT Rate 30.0% 25.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 45.3%
Opp TOV% 13.7% 18.6%
DRB% 75.7% 72.1%
Opp FT Rate 16.4% 25.0%

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