Come on down and meet your maker. Come on down and take a stand. "The Stand" - The Alarm
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
53 – 72
FINAL Neutral Cayman Islands Classic
Akron Zips
John Gray Gymnasium (Neutral) · November 21, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread WKU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 133.5 Under
Money WKU -138 / AKR +140
Model Predictions
Spread Total WKU win
Actual AKR +19 125 Lost
Massey WKU -8.5 (-27.5) — —
Massey Totals — 132.2 (-7.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 93% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 97% ✗
Baseline ML WKU -3.6 (-22.6) 136.1 (-11.1) 55% ✗
Baseline Plus ML WKU -1.5 (-20.5) 136.7 (-11.7) 51% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML WKU -4.6 (-23.6) 138.3 (-13.3) 73% ✗

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 WKU AKR
Overall 17-16 22-11
Conference 8-12 13-5
Home 9-5 15-1
Away 5-9 5-6
Neutral 3-2 2-4
Last 5 1-0 2-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.7 74.2
Avg Pts Against 71.6 68.3
Massey 4.5 (#97) -4.0 (#248)
Bradley-Terry 3.02 (#13) 0.50 (#140)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.81 (#26) 0.17 (#170)
RPI 0.632 (#50) 0.580 (#95)
Shooting & Four Factors WKU AKR
FG% 42.9% 38.0%
3PT% 58.8% 27.7%
REB / G 36.0 33.3
OREB / G 5.0 11.7
AST / TO 1.29 1.45
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.8% 44.4%
TOV% 19.5% 14.3%
ORB% 14.7% 28.2%
FT Rate 14.3% 22.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 41.9% 52.0%
Opp TOV% 22.5% 20.5%
DRB% 67.4% 66.3%
Opp FT Rate 12.9% 15.2%

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