Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven "Peace Frog" - The Doors
(1) Alabama Crimson Tide
73 – 51
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(8) Maryland Terrapins
Legacy Arena at BJCC (Neutral) · March 19, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread ALA -8.5 Home covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money ALA -430 / MD +340
Model Predictions
Spread Total ALA win
Actual ALA +22 124 Won
Massey ALA -8.5 (+13.5) — —
Massey Totals — 144.0 (-20.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 84% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 83% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ALA -6.5 (+15.5) 140.5 (-16.5) 75% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ALA -6.1 (+15.9) 142.2 (-18.2) 72% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ALA -8.3 (+13.7) 140.7 (-16.7) 79% ✓
Baseline ML ALA -7.5 (+14.5) 139.8 (-15.8) 79% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 27, 2025 ALA 105 – 72 MD
Mar 23, 2021 ALA 96 – 77 MD

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ALA MD
Overall 31-6 22-13
Conference 16-2 11-9
Home 15-0 16-1
Away 9-3 2-9
Neutral 7-3 4-3
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 81.8 69.7
Avg Pts Against 68.3 63.5
Massey 21.0 (#1) 12.5 (#26)
Bradley-Terry 3.63 (#1) 1.94 (#40)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.16 (#2) 2.55 (#31)
RPI 0.666 (#1) 0.576 (#48)
Shooting & Four Factors ALA MD
FG% 44.7% 45.1%
3PT% 34.2% 33.0%
REB / G 44.5 33.6
OREB / G 12.8 9.8
AST / TO 1.10 1.09
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.9% 51.3%
TOV% 18.7% 16.3%
ORB% 33.8% 30.2%
FT Rate 26.5% 25.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 41.4% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 15.7% 18.5%
DRB% 72.3% 72.3%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 20.3%

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