And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
(1) Baylor Bears
85 – 49
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(16) Norfolk State Spartans
Dickies Arena (Neutral) · March 17, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread BAY -20.5 Home covered
O/U 138.0 Under
Money BAY -10000 / NORF +2000
Model Predictions
Spread Total BAY win
Actual BAY +36 134 Won
Massey BAY -19.8 (+16.2) — —
Massey Totals — 137.6 (-3.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 96% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 98% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BAY -14.8 (+21.2) 138.8 (-4.8) 87% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BAY -15.4 (+20.6) 137.5 (-3.5) 88% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BAY -14.4 (+21.6) 140.0 (-6.0) 87% ✓
Baseline ML BAY -15.5 (+20.5) 138.8 (-4.8) 87% ✓

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 10, 2025 BAY 97 – 67 NORF
Dec 11, 2024 BAY 94 – 69 NORF
Nov 12, 2022 BAY 87 – 70 NORF

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BAY NORF
Overall 27-7 24-7
Conference 14-4 12-2
Home 15-2 11-0
Away 8-3 7-6
Neutral 4-2 6-1
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.0 72.0
Avg Pts Against 64.1 66.6
Massey 19.3 (#5) -0.5 (#174)
Bradley-Terry 3.45 (#5) 0.32 (#144)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.23 (#4) 0.25 (#154)
RPI 0.613 (#14) 0.526 (#120)
Shooting & Four Factors BAY NORF
FG% 46.4% 45.3%
3PT% 34.6% 34.5%
REB / G 37.1 38.4
OREB / G 12.8 10.2
AST / TO 1.27 0.86
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.9% 51.5%
TOV% 18.1% 20.0%
ORB% 36.3% 29.9%
FT Rate 19.9% 27.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.8% 45.1%
Opp TOV% 22.9% 18.5%
DRB% 71.6% 72.7%
Opp FT Rate 18.8% 21.6%

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