I don't know why I let that mean woman make me a fool. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
West Virginia Mountaineers
80 – 77
FINAL SEC/Big 12 Challenge
Auburn Tigers
Hope Coliseum · January 28, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread WVU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money WVU -175 / AUB +138
Model Predictions
Spread Total WVU win
Actual WVU +3 157 Won
Massey WVU -5.2 (-2.2) — —
Massey Totals — 141.0 (+16.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 53% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 70% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML WVU -5.8 (-2.8) 141.6 (+15.4) 70% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WVU -4.2 (-1.2) 140.7 (+16.3) 73% ✓
Baseline Plus ML WVU -6.2 (-3.2) 142.1 (+14.9) 76% ✓
Baseline ML WVU -5.8 (-2.8) 141.2 (+15.8) 76% ✓

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 WVU AUB
Overall 19-15 21-13
Conference 7-11 10-8
Home 13-4 14-2
Away 3-8 4-8
Neutral 3-3 3-3
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 76.0 72.8
Avg Pts Against 70.9 67.7
Massey 13.2 (#21) 11.5 (#31)
Bradley-Terry 1.80 (#48) 2.30 (#26)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.72 (#28) 2.59 (#34)
RPI 0.584 (#45) 0.628 (#13)
Shooting & Four Factors WVU AUB
FG% 46.1% 44.1%
3PT% 34.7% 29.4%
REB / G 34.6 37.9
OREB / G 11.4 12.4
AST / TO 1.03 1.09
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 49.3%
TOV% 18.4% 19.2%
ORB% 34.7% 35.3%
FT Rate 29.8% 25.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.4% 43.1%
Opp TOV% 22.0% 19.8%
DRB% 71.8% 68.7%
Opp FT Rate 29.8% 25.3%

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