He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
(1) UConn Huskies
86 – 72
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(4) Alabama Crimson Tide
State Farm Stadium (Neutral) · April 7, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread CONN -10.5 Home covered
O/U 160.5 Under
Money CONN -600 / ALA +400
Model Predictions
Spread Total CONN win
Actual CONN +14 158 Won
Massey CONN -5.2 (+8.8) — —
Massey Totals — 164.1 (-6.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 81% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 84% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CONN -7.5 (+6.5) 159.5 (-1.5) 73% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CONN -6.1 (+7.9) 161.9 (-3.9) 77% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CONN -8.0 (+6.0) 157.4 (+0.6) 76% ✓
Baseline ML CONN -5.3 (+8.7) 160.0 (-2.0) 76% ✓

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 26, 2022 CONN 82 – 67 ALA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CONN ALA
Overall 37-3 25-12
Conference 18-2 13-5
Home 17-0 14-2
Away 8-3 5-5
Neutral 12-0 6-5
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak W13 L1
Avg Pts For 81.4 90.1
Avg Pts Against 63.4 81.2
Massey 23.7 (#1) 18.5 (#9)
Bradley-Terry 4.10 (#1) 2.65 (#10)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.83 (#2) 3.20 (#13)
RPI 0.640 (#3) 0.628 (#4)
Shooting & Four Factors CONN ALA
FG% 49.8% 47.7%
3PT% 35.8% 37.1%
REB / G 39.0 39.9
OREB / G 11.7 12.9
AST / TO 1.91 1.35
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.0% 56.3%
TOV% 14.7% 16.0%
ORB% 36.6% 35.2%
FT Rate 24.0% 27.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.1% 49.4%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 15.4%
DRB% 73.3% 69.2%
Opp FT Rate 22.8% 28.8%

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