I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be. "Not Fade Away"-The Rolling Stones
(7) Ohio State Buckeyes
54 41
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(10) Loyola Chicago Ramblers
PPG Paints Arena (Neutral) · March 18, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread Pick'em Home covered
O/U 133.5 Under
Money OSU -110 / LUC -110
Model Predictions
Spread Total OSU win
Actual OSU +13 95 Won
Massey LUC -1.7 (+14.7)
Massey Totals 136.7 (-41.7)
Bradley-Terry 56%
Weighted B-T 59%
Baseline Plus ML LUC -1.6 (+14.6) 135.1 (-40.1) 50%
Model 4 ML OSU -0.6 (+12.4) 132.2 (-37.2) 52%
Model 3 ML LUC -1.0 (+14.0) 138.2 (-43.2) 45%
Baseline ML LUC -1.0 (+14.0) 136.9 (-41.9) 48%

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 OSU LUC
Overall 20-12 25-8
Conference 12-8 13-5
Home 13-3 12-2
Away 5-6 8-3
Neutral 2-3 5-3
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.8 72.3
Avg Pts Against 67.7 61.9
Massey 11.7 (#29) 13.4 (#21)
Bradley-Terry 2.08 (#40) 1.82 (#52)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.60 (#38) 2.25 (#50)
RPI 0.576 (#48) 0.580 (#43)
Shooting & Four Factors OSU LUC
FG% 47.4% 48.1%
3PT% 37.3% 38.0%
REB / G 34.4 33.8
OREB / G 8.8 7.7
AST / TO 1.16 1.21
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.8% 56.3%
TOV% 16.7% 18.3%
ORB% 28.8% 25.1%
FT Rate 25.4% 22.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.9% 47.0%
Opp TOV% 15.2% 20.0%
DRB% 71.4% 76.1%
Opp FT Rate 21.5% 20.8%

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