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Iona Gaels
54 – 50
FINAL Neutral MAAC/ASUN Challenge
Liberty Flames
HP Field House (Neutral) · November 19, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread IONA -1.0 Home covered
O/U 133.5 Under
Money IONA -110 / LIB -110
Model Predictions
Spread Total IONA win
Actual IONA +4 104 Won
Massey LIB -4.5 (+8.5) — —
Massey Totals — 144.1 (-40.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 87% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 94% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML IONA -0.3 (+3.7) 141.8 (-37.8) 55% ✓
Baseline ML LIB -0.1 (+4.1) 140.0 (-36.0) 54% ✓
Baseline Plus ML IONA -1.7 (+2.3) 143.6 (-39.6) 53% ✓

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 IONA LIB
Neutral 5-3 3-5
Last 5 3-0 0-1
Massey 0.2 (#171) 4.7 (#87)
Bradley-Terry 1.52 (#47) -0.36 (#206)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.20 (#53) -0.51 (#211)
RPI 0.750 (#21) 0.562 (#110)
Shooting & Four Factors IONA LIB
FG% 47.3% 38.0%
3PT% 28.6% 30.8%
REB / G 34.7 35.0
OREB / G 8.0 9.0
AST / TO 1.27 0.48
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.1% 46.0%
TOV% 17.7% 30.0%
ORB% 23.8% 25.7%
FT Rate 37.7% 24.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.4% 52.5%
Opp TOV% 20.8% 19.5%
DRB% 73.4% 76.5%
Opp FT Rate 26.7% 20.3%

Game Analysis

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