I'll write on your tombstone, "I thank you for dinner." "Bungle in the Jungle" - Jethro Tull
Petersen Events Center · November 25, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread VAN -3.5 Away covered
O/U 131.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total PITT win
Actual VAN +16 120 Lost
Massey VAN -0.9 (-15.1) — —
Massey Totals — 123.0 (-3.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 76% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 69% ✗
Baseline Plus ML VAN -1.0 (-15.0) 130.6 (-10.6) 39% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VAN -1.3 (-14.7) 130.4 (-10.4) 32% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PITT -0.1 (-16.1) 131.1 (-11.1) 44% ✓
Baseline ML PITT -0.1 (-16.1) 131.7 (-11.7) 45% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 8, 2022 VAN 75 – 74 PITT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PITT VAN
Overall 11-21 19-17
Conference 6-14 7-11
Home 9-11 11-8
Away 2-9 5-8
Neutral 0-1 3-1
Last 5 2-2 3-1
Streak L5 L1
Avg Pts For 61.5 70.8
Avg Pts Against 68.1 67.8
Massey -3.9 (#247) 4.1 (#99)
Bradley-Terry -0.57 (#223) -0.14 (#192)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.03 (#231) 0.16 (#172)
RPI 0.492 (#195) 0.522 (#146)
Shooting & Four Factors PITT VAN
FG% 44.9% 40.9%
3PT% 24.4% 28.0%
REB / G 40.5 37.0
OREB / G 12.8 12.5
AST / TO 0.78 0.84
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.7% 47.4%
TOV% 26.0% 20.2%
ORB% 37.5% 32.9%
FT Rate 29.1% 28.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.9% 46.9%
Opp TOV% 15.8% 27.9%
DRB% 72.1% 74.2%
Opp FT Rate 13.8% 20.2%

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