In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Conference USA · E.A. Diddle Arena · January 22, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread WKU -2.5 Away covered
O/U 129.5 Over
Money WKU -163 / CLT +125
Model Predictions
Spread Total WKU win
Actual CLT +4 146 Lost
Massey CLT -1.6 (-2.4) — —
Massey Totals — 126.7 (+19.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 61% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 51% ✗
Baseline Plus ML CLT -1.5 (-2.5) 131.1 (+14.9) 39% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CLT -1.9 (-2.1) 129.1 (+16.9) 38% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CLT -1.1 (-2.9) 131.5 (+14.5) 44% ✓
Baseline ML CLT -1.9 (-2.1) 132.4 (+13.6) 44% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 17, 2023 CLT 68 – 64 WKU
Feb 18, 2022 WKU 77 – 67 CLT
Feb 4, 2022 WKU 78 – 59 CLT
Jan 2, 2021 CLT 75 – 71 WKU
Jan 1, 2021 WKU 67 – 63 CLT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings WKU CLT
Overall 17-16 22-14
Conference 8-12 9-11
Home 9-5 11-4
Away 5-9 5-8
Neutral 3-2 6-2
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L1 W4
Avg Pts For 69.7 66.9
Avg Pts Against 71.6 62.6
Massey -0.3 (#175) 4.9 (#102)
Bradley-Terry 0.27 (#148) 0.43 (#137)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.02 (#180) 0.68 (#123)
RPI 0.513 (#154) 0.514 (#151)
Shooting & Four Factors WKU CLT
FG% 44.3% 47.8%
3PT% 36.5% 38.1%
REB / G 33.1 30.7
OREB / G 8.4 6.9
AST / TO 1.20 1.21
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.1% 55.3%
TOV% 16.8% 18.0%
ORB% 24.4% 24.4%
FT Rate 22.0% 18.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.6% 48.8%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 18.8%
DRB% 68.4% 76.8%
Opp FT Rate 19.7% 18.6%

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