They were all in love with dying, they we're doing it in Texas. "Pepper" - Butthole Surfers
(3) Xavier Musketeers
84 73
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(11) Pittsburgh Panthers
First Horizon Coliseum (Neutral) · March 19, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread XAV -5.0 Home covered
O/U 147.0 Over
Money XAV -220 / PITT +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total XAV win
Actual XAV +11 157 Won
Massey XAV -4.9 (+6.1)
Massey Totals 153.3 (+3.7)
Bradley-Terry 66%
Weighted B-T 78%
Baseline Plus ML XAV -2.9 (+8.1) 149.9 (+7.1) 66%
Model 4 ML XAV -6.1 (+4.9) 147.5 (+9.5) 69%
Model 3 ML XAV -3.5 (+7.5) 149.6 (+7.4) 73%
Baseline ML XAV -4.0 (+7.0) 149.7 (+7.3) 62%

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 XAV PITT
Overall 27-10 24-12
Conference 15-5 14-6
Home 15-2 14-3
Away 7-4 7-5
Neutral 5-4 3-4
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.9 75.1
Avg Pts Against 74.1 69.7
Massey 13.5 (#17) 8.6 (#69)
Bradley-Terry 2.49 (#17) 1.83 (#42)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.45 (#10) 2.19 (#48)
RPI 0.605 (#17) 0.572 (#49)
Shooting & Four Factors XAV PITT
FG% 49.4% 44.9%
3PT% 39.1% 36.1%
REB / G 37.6 36.0
OREB / G 10.4 10.1
AST / TO 1.53 1.27
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.4% 52.8%
TOV% 17.4% 16.5%
ORB% 31.2% 29.8%
FT Rate 22.5% 25.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.3% 48.3%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 16.7%
DRB% 74.7% 71.1%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 21.2%

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