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(7) Northwestern Wildcats
75 – 67
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(10) Boise State Broncos
Golden 1 Center (Neutral) · March 16, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread NU -1.5 Home covered
O/U 127.5 Over
Money NU -125 / BOIS +100
Model Predictions
Spread Total NU win
Actual NU +8 142 Won
Massey BOIS -0.7 (+8.7) — —
Massey Totals — 123.9 (+18.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 44% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 41% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML BOIS -0.7 (+8.7) 129.5 (+12.5) 47% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NU -0.4 (+7.6) 128.0 (+14.0) 47% ✗
Baseline Plus ML BOIS -0.1 (+8.1) 130.1 (+11.9) 49% ✗
Baseline ML BOIS -0.4 (+8.4) 130.5 (+11.5) 46% ✗

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 NU BOIS
Overall 22-12 24-10
Conference 12-8 13-5
Home 13-5 14-1
Away 7-4 5-6
Neutral 2-3 5-3
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 67.7 71.5
Avg Pts Against 62.8 65.0
Massey 10.8 (#37) 11.5 (#34)
Bradley-Terry 1.89 (#38) 2.14 (#30)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.31 (#41) 2.69 (#28)
RPI 0.552 (#72) 0.590 (#26)
Shooting & Four Factors NU BOIS
FG% 40.6% 45.1%
3PT% 32.1% 36.0%
REB / G 34.6 35.4
OREB / G 10.2 8.7
AST / TO 1.33 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.2% 51.9%
TOV% 14.8% 16.7%
ORB% 28.2% 26.4%
FT Rate 22.3% 22.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.4% 47.3%
Opp TOV% 21.6% 17.7%
DRB% 72.7% 76.2%
Opp FT Rate 21.4% 19.0%

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