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(3) Baylor Bears
74 – 56
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(14) UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Ball Arena (Neutral) · March 17, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread BAY -11.5 Home covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money BAY -700 / UCSB +450
Model Predictions
Spread Total BAY win
Actual BAY +18 130 Won
Massey BAY -10.7 (+7.3) — —
Massey Totals — 143.8 (-13.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 84% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 90% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BAY -7.9 (+10.1) 144.5 (-14.5) 78% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BAY -10.3 (+7.7) 140.1 (-10.1) 81% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BAY -7.4 (+10.6) 142.9 (-12.9) 78% ✓
Baseline ML BAY -7.2 (+10.8) 145.0 (-15.0) 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 BAY UCSB
Overall 23-11 27-8
Conference 11-7 15-5
Home 14-3 12-3
Away 5-5 10-4
Neutral 4-3 5-1
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.0 71.3
Avg Pts Against 70.3 66.0
Massey 14.9 (#12) 4.2 (#107)
Bradley-Terry 2.72 (#11) 1.09 (#85)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.32 (#11) 1.11 (#98)
RPI 0.602 (#16) 0.536 (#99)
Shooting & Four Factors BAY UCSB
FG% 44.7% 49.0%
3PT% 37.2% 35.2%
REB / G 34.3 31.6
OREB / G 11.7 8.0
AST / TO 1.18 1.25
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.1% 54.1%
TOV% 18.0% 16.9%
ORB% 34.7% 26.6%
FT Rate 27.8% 25.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.4% 49.8%
Opp TOV% 19.9% 18.7%
DRB% 68.9% 73.8%
Opp FT Rate 22.2% 21.9%

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