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Purdue Boilermakers
80 – 74
FINAL Neutral Cheez-It Hall of Fame Tip-Off
Villanova Wildcats
Mohegan Sun Arena (Neutral) · November 21, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread PUR -3.0 Home covered
O/U 141.0 Over
Money PUR -150 / VILL +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total PUR win
Actual PUR +6 154 Won
Massey PUR -0.3 (+5.7) — —
Massey Totals — 155.0 (-1.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 83% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 95% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VILL -0.4 (+6.4) 148.4 (+5.6) 49% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML PUR -0.1 (+5.9) 153.2 (+0.8) 55% ✓
Baseline ML VILL -0.3 (+6.3) 153.4 (+0.6) 49% ✗
Baseline Plus ML PUR -0.4 (+5.6) 152.1 (+1.9) 54% ✓

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 PUR VILL
Overall 29-8 30-8
Conference 14-6 16-4
Home 16-1 12-1
Away 5-5 8-5
Neutral 8-2 10-2
Last 5 4-0 3-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.4 71.7
Avg Pts Against 68.4 62.7
Massey 16.1 (#7) 15.8 (#8)
Bradley-Terry 2.89 (#13) 1.27 (#78)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.90 (#7) 1.91 (#78)
RPI 0.634 (#52) 0.638 (#45)
Shooting & Four Factors PUR VILL
FG% 52.9% 46.7%
3PT% 42.1% 45.4%
REB / G 42.8 32.0
OREB / G 12.5 9.8
AST / TO 1.55 2.46
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 62.2% 56.8%
TOV% 17.4% 10.5%
ORB% 39.1% 29.3%
FT Rate 31.4% 25.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.0% 51.8%
Opp TOV% 17.6% 23.4%
DRB% 77.6% 70.6%
Opp FT Rate 15.5% 19.0%

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