They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
(4) Illinois Fighting Illini
54 – 53
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(13) Chattanooga Mocs
PPG Paints Arena (Neutral) · March 18, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread ILL -7.5 Away covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money ILL -215 / UTC +185
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILL win
Actual ILL +1 107 Won
Massey ILL -7.6 (-6.6) — —
Massey Totals — 136.4 (-29.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 70% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 78% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ILL -5.5 (-4.5) 139.6 (-32.6) 69% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ILL -5.3 (-4.3) 136.3 (-29.3) 75% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ILL -5.0 (-4.0) 137.0 (-30.0) 67% ✓
Baseline ML ILL -4.5 (-3.5) 137.5 (-30.5) 66% ✓

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 ILL UTC
Overall 23-10 27-8
Conference 15-5 14-4
Home 13-3 12-3
Away 7-4 12-4
Neutral 3-3 3-1
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.4 72.5
Avg Pts Against 67.2 65.4
Massey 15.0 (#16) 7.4 (#78)
Bradley-Terry 2.56 (#22) 1.72 (#58)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.11 (#21) 1.83 (#70)
RPI 0.583 (#38) 0.599 (#20)
Shooting & Four Factors ILL UTC
FG% 45.3% 46.1%
3PT% 36.7% 34.1%
REB / G 38.6 35.1
OREB / G 11.6 10.6
AST / TO 1.27 1.11
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.1% 52.8%
TOV% 17.8% 17.0%
ORB% 33.4% 32.7%
FT Rate 22.4% 20.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.3% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 15.5% 18.0%
DRB% 74.2% 73.7%
Opp FT Rate 20.5% 19.0%

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