He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
Conference USA · E.A. Diddle Arena · January 17, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread FAU -4.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money WKU +155 / FAU -200
Model Predictions
Spread Total WKU win
Actual FAU +14 138 Lost
Massey FAU -7.0 (-7.0) — —
Massey Totals — 138.3 (-0.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 13% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 10% ✓
Baseline Plus ML FAU -5.1 (-8.9) 138.6 (-0.6) 29% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ FAU -6.1 (-7.9) 137.1 (+0.9) 30% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML FAU -5.3 (-8.7) 138.9 (-0.9) 27% ✓
Baseline ML FAU -5.6 (-8.4) 137.2 (+0.8) 27% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 9, 2023 FAU 75 – 51 WKU
Jan 28, 2023 FAU 70 – 63 WKU
Feb 11, 2022 WKU 76 – 69 FAU
Jan 21, 2022 FAU 78 – 69 WKU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WKU FAU
Overall 17-16 35-4
Conference 8-12 18-2
Home 9-5 17-0
Away 5-9 11-3
Neutral 3-2 7-1
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.7 77.2
Avg Pts Against 71.6 65.6
Massey 0.7 (#162) 11.5 (#30)
Bradley-Terry 0.51 (#128) 3.03 (#10)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.23 (#159) 3.15 (#17)
RPI 0.526 (#129) 0.636 (#9)
Shooting & Four Factors WKU FAU
FG% 44.8% 46.8%
3PT% 36.3% 38.0%
REB / G 33.7 38.1
OREB / G 8.7 10.7
AST / TO 1.20 1.32
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.3% 55.0%
TOV% 16.8% 16.7%
ORB% 25.4% 31.3%
FT Rate 22.7% 18.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.4% 46.7%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 18.5%
DRB% 68.6% 75.1%
Opp FT Rate 19.9% 18.3%

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