I'm just like a turtle crawling out of my shell. "Boombastic" - Shaggy
West Virginia Mountaineers
56 – 53
FINAL Big East-Big 12 Battle
UConn Huskies
Hope Coliseum · December 9, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread WVU -2.0 Home covered
O/U 140.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total WVU win
Actual WVU +3 109 Won
Massey CONN -8.1 (+11.1) — —
Massey Totals — 145.2 (-36.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 51% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 28% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CONN -4.2 (+7.2) 142.3 (-33.3) 52% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CONN -2.6 (+5.6) 144.8 (-35.8) 37% ✗
Baseline ML CONN -3.5 (+6.5) 144.8 (-35.8) 40% ✗
Baseline Plus ML CONN -3.7 (+6.7) 149.1 (-40.1) 43% ✗

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 WVU CONN
Overall 16-17 23-10
Conference 4-14 13-6
Home 12-5 14-2
Away 1-11 5-5
Neutral 3-1 4-3
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 68.5 74.8
Avg Pts Against 69.0 65.3
Massey 5.0 (#90) 17.7 (#9)
Bradley-Terry 1.97 (#55) 2.81 (#22)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.37 (#62) 4.32 (#18)
RPI 0.568 (#70) 0.563 (#75)
Shooting & Four Factors WVU CONN
FG% 45.3% 45.2%
3PT% 30.2% 37.9%
REB / G 32.9 44.4
OREB / G 12.4 16.0
AST / TO 1.08 1.25
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.2% 51.5%
TOV% 16.7% 17.2%
ORB% 33.9% 41.1%
FT Rate 18.2% 28.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.6% 42.3%
Opp TOV% 28.9% 23.7%
DRB% 66.4% 71.9%
Opp FT Rate 18.0% 23.2%

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