What ever happened to Leon Trotsky? "No More Heroes" - The Stranglers
Virginia Tech Hokies
58 – 59
FINAL Neutral Upsie NIT Season Tip-Off
Xavier Musketeers
Barclays Center (Neutral) · November 27, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread VT -5.5 Away covered
O/U 134.5 Under
Money VT -215 / XAV +185
Model Predictions
Spread Total VT win
Actual XAV +1 117 Lost
Massey VT -9.0 (-10.0) — —
Massey Totals — 131.0 (-14.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 80% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 98% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ VT -4.6 (-5.6) 131.8 (-14.8) 60% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML VT -5.5 (-6.5) 134.5 (-17.5) 74% ✗
Baseline ML VT -4.5 (-5.5) 134.0 (-17.0) 58% ✗
Baseline Plus ML VT -4.2 (-5.2) 133.1 (-16.1) 58% ✗

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 VT XAV
Overall 23-13 23-13
Conference 11-9 8-11
Home 11-4 16-5
Away 7-6 4-6
Neutral 5-3 3-2
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 W5
Avg Pts For 70.8 74.1
Avg Pts Against 62.8 69.2
Massey 14.8 (#13) 5.8 (#75)
Bradley-Terry 3.16 (#8) 1.77 (#56)
W. Bradley-Terry 6.62 (#2) 2.89 (#49)
RPI 0.547 (#114) 0.688 (#9)
Shooting & Four Factors VT XAV
FG% 47.8% 43.1%
3PT% 40.9% 27.3%
REB / G 36.3 44.0
OREB / G 8.3 14.4
AST / TO 1.25 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.4% 49.0%
TOV% 16.3% 21.0%
ORB% 26.6% 38.3%
FT Rate 18.1% 22.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 39.0% 43.8%
Opp TOV% 21.5% 18.7%
DRB% 74.7% 75.1%
Opp FT Rate 14.6% 14.3%

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