Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Buffalo Bulls
87 – 65
FINAL Cancun Challenge
Rider Broncs
Broadview Arena · November 20, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread BUF -15.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Over
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUF win
Actual BUF +22 152 Won
Massey BUF -18.7 (+3.3) — —
Massey Totals — 156.9 (-4.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 99% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 100% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BUF -11.5 (+10.5) 151.2 (+0.8) 86% ✓
Baseline ML BUF -12.3 (+9.7) 151.0 (+1.0) 82% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BUF -11.1 (+10.9) 151.7 (+0.3) 79% ✓

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 BUF RID
Overall 19-11 14-19
Conference 13-6 8-12
Home 9-3 7-6
Away 9-5 4-11
Neutral 1-3 3-2
Last 5 1-1 2-2
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 78.7 67.3
Avg Pts Against 73.6 69.7
Massey 5.6 (#72) -4.3 (#265)
Bradley-Terry 0.82 (#112) -1.53 (#312)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.05 (#113) -2.57 (#316)
RPI 0.633 (#61) 0.287 (#335)
Shooting & Four Factors BUF RID
FG% 45.0% 38.0%
3PT% 28.0% 23.0%
REB / G 35.5 41.5
OREB / G 9.5 13.8
AST / TO 0.96 0.80
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.8% 42.3%
TOV% 17.2% 15.6%
ORB% 27.5% 32.9%
FT Rate 19.2% 20.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.3% 49.1%
Opp TOV% 13.9% 20.4%
DRB% 69.3% 76.6%
Opp FT Rate 31.3% 25.0%

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