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(7) Missouri Tigers
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FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(10) Utah State Aggies
Golden 1 Center (Neutral) · March 16, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread USU -1.5 Home covered
O/U 155.5 Under
Money MIZ +100 / USU -125
Model Predictions
Spread Total MIZ win
Actual MIZ +11 141 Won
Massey USU -3.5 (+14.5)
Massey Totals 159.5 (-18.5)
Bradley-Terry 50%
Weighted B-T 40%
Baseline Plus ML USU -0.3 (+11.3) 152.7 (-11.7) 47%
Model 4 ML USU -1.4 (+12.4) 149.8 (-8.8) 49%
Model 3 ML USU -1.4 (+12.4) 154.5 (-13.5) 43%
Baseline ML USU -0.9 (+11.9) 151.2 (-10.2) 48%

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 MIZ USU
Overall 25-10 26-9
Conference 11-7 13-5
Home 16-3 14-2
Away 5-5 7-4
Neutral 4-2 5-3
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 78.9 77.4
Avg Pts Against 74.4 69.9
Massey 9.5 (#56) 13.0 (#23)
Bradley-Terry 2.33 (#23) 2.33 (#24)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.56 (#33) 2.95 (#21)
RPI 0.577 (#41) 0.610 (#12)
Shooting & Four Factors MIZ USU
FG% 47.3% 47.5%
3PT% 36.1% 38.5%
REB / G 30.3 35.7
OREB / G 9.1 8.6
AST / TO 1.43 1.37
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.1% 55.6%
TOV% 16.0% 17.5%
ORB% 26.8% 27.4%
FT Rate 22.3% 27.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.3% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 24.3% 15.7%
DRB% 62.7% 75.2%
Opp FT Rate 26.4% 22.5%

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