The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
(4) UConn Huskies
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FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(5) Saint Mary's Gaels
MVP Arena (Neutral) · March 19, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread CONN -4.5 Home covered
O/U 125.5 Under
Money CONN -205 / SMC +170
Model Predictions
Spread Total CONN win
Actual CONN +15 125 Won
Massey CONN -3.2 (+11.8)
Massey Totals 125.9 (-0.9)
Bradley-Terry 52%
Weighted B-T 59%
Baseline Plus ML CONN -4.1 (+10.9) 129.7 (-4.7) 74%
Model 4 ML CONN -4.3 (+10.7) 128.6 (-3.6) 78%
Model 3 ML CONN -4.6 (+10.4) 130.7 (-5.7) 69%
Baseline ML CONN -4.0 (+11.0) 131.7 (-6.7) 77%

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 CONN SMC
Overall 31-8 27-8
Conference 13-7 14-2
Home 15-2 16-2
Away 6-5 6-2
Neutral 10-1 5-4
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak W6 L1
Avg Pts For 78.6 70.3
Avg Pts Against 64.1 60.0
Massey 18.5 (#5) 15.3 (#11)
Bradley-Terry 2.58 (#14) 2.50 (#16)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.55 (#9) 3.16 (#13)
RPI 0.591 (#25) 0.622 (#7)
Shooting & Four Factors CONN SMC
FG% 46.1% 45.6%
3PT% 35.9% 36.3%
REB / G 39.1 35.5
OREB / G 13.4 10.8
AST / TO 1.36 1.18
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.6% 52.3%
TOV% 18.7% 16.5%
ORB% 39.2% 33.4%
FT Rate 23.5% 22.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.5% 46.6%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 19.1%
DRB% 74.0% 78.2%
Opp FT Rate 28.2% 22.7%

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