Why don't you get back into bed. "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
(3) Kansas State Wildcats
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FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(6) Kentucky Wildcats
First Horizon Coliseum (Neutral) · March 19, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread UK -3.0 Home covered
O/U 142.0 Over
Money KSU +148 / UK -175
Model Predictions
Spread Total KSU win
Actual KSU +6 144 Won
Massey KSU -0.7 (+5.3)
Massey Totals 144.6 (-0.6)
Bradley-Terry 60%
Weighted B-T 59%
Baseline Plus ML KSU -0.2 (+5.8) 144.5 (-0.5) 59%
Model 4 ML UK -0.3 (+6.3) 143.2 (+0.8) 52%
Model 3 ML KSU -0.7 (+5.3) 145.0 (-1.0) 56%
Baseline ML KSU -0.3 (+5.7) 145.7 (-1.7) 61%

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 KSU UK
Overall 26-10 22-12
Conference 11-7 12-6
Home 16-1 14-4
Away 4-7 6-4
Neutral 6-2 2-4
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 76.2 74.5
Avg Pts Against 69.9 67.8
Massey 13.1 (#23) 12.4 (#27)
Bradley-Terry 2.57 (#15) 2.17 (#27)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.04 (#20) 2.69 (#27)
RPI 0.578 (#41) 0.577 (#45)
Shooting & Four Factors KSU UK
FG% 45.7% 45.6%
3PT% 33.9% 35.2%
REB / G 35.4 39.2
OREB / G 10.2 13.7
AST / TO 1.18 1.30
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.8% 50.8%
TOV% 20.0% 17.3%
ORB% 31.0% 38.9%
FT Rate 27.4% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.6% 48.5%
Opp TOV% 20.7% 16.7%
DRB% 70.8% 74.6%
Opp FT Rate 25.1% 21.9%

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