And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Charles E. Smith Center · December 2, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread BU -1.5 Away covered
O/U 133.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total GW win
Actual BU +2 110 Lost
Massey BU -5.0 (+3.0) — —
Massey Totals — 134.1 (-24.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 36% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 18% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BU -5.9 (+3.9) 132.6 (-22.6) 27% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BU -4.3 (+2.3) 137.2 (-27.2) 33% ✓
Baseline ML BU -4.8 (+2.8) 136.1 (-26.1) 36% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BU -3.6 (+1.6) 134.1 (-24.1) 35% ✓

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 GW BU
Overall 12-18 22-13
Conference 8-9 11-7
Home 8-5 11-4
Away 3-10 8-8
Neutral 1-3 3-1
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 68.4 70.1
Avg Pts Against 72.8 67.9
Massey -5.8 (#278) 5.2 (#85)
Bradley-Terry -1.47 (#287) 0.38 (#154)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.35 (#296) 0.68 (#142)
RPI 0.382 (#319) 0.502 (#176)
Shooting & Four Factors GW BU
FG% 40.3% 45.7%
3PT% 28.3% 35.0%
REB / G 33.9 32.3
OREB / G 8.9 9.0
AST / TO 0.71 0.79
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.1% 53.5%
TOV% 19.7% 23.2%
ORB% 24.2% 30.7%
FT Rate 17.7% 25.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.4% 48.5%
Opp TOV% 18.3% 18.7%
DRB% 67.6% 74.1%
Opp FT Rate 26.8% 23.1%

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