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Mercer Bears
78 – 68
FINAL Neutral Cancun Challenge
Bucknell Bison
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (Neutral) · November 23, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread MER -6.5 Home covered
O/U 149.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total MER win
Actual MER +10 146 Won
Massey MER -5.4 (+4.6) — —
Massey Totals — 155.2 (-9.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 64% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 68% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MER -4.6 (+5.4) 147.7 (-1.7) 70% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MER -3.4 (+6.6) 147.7 (-1.7) 65% ✓
Baseline ML MER -3.3 (+6.7) 148.1 (-2.1) 65% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MER -2.5 (+7.5) 150.1 (-4.1) 66% ✓

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 MER BUCK
Overall 16-17 9-23
Conference 8-10 5-13
Home 10-4 7-6
Away 4-11 2-15
Neutral 2-2 0-2
Last 5 0-3 1-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.6 71.2
Avg Pts Against 71.9 79.4
Massey -0.9 (#186) -6.3 (#288)
Bradley-Terry -1.55 (#291) -2.11 (#330)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.22 (#286) -2.96 (#318)
RPI 0.338 (#331) 0.372 (#312)
Shooting & Four Factors MER BUCK
FG% 44.1% 44.0%
3PT% 35.0% 36.5%
REB / G 31.0 38.8
OREB / G 8.3 9.5
AST / TO 0.88 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.4% 52.4%
TOV% 22.9% 20.4%
ORB% 24.5% 26.0%
FT Rate 15.3% 21.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 57.4% 46.3%
Opp TOV% 19.2% 11.6%
DRB% 70.8% 67.2%
Opp FT Rate 24.7% 25.8%

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