Oh workers can you stand it, oh tell me how you can? Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? "Which Side Are You On?" - Pete Seeger
(6) LSU Tigers
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FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(11) Iowa State Cyclones
Fiserv Forum (Neutral) · March 18, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread LSU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 129.0 Under
Money LSU -170 / ISU +145
Model Predictions
Spread Total LSU win
Actual ISU +5 113 Lost
Massey LSU -5.8 (-10.8)
Massey Totals 123.8 (-10.8)
Bradley-Terry 51%
Weighted B-T 54%
Baseline Plus ML LSU -4.6 (-9.6) 132.1 (-19.1) 68%
Model 4 ML LSU -6.1 (-11.1) 128.4 (-15.4) 67%
Model 3 ML LSU -5.2 (-10.2) 131.6 (-18.6) 71%
Baseline ML LSU -5.0 (-10.0) 130.7 (-17.7) 71%

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 LSU ISU
Overall 22-12 22-13
Conference 9-9 7-11
Home 15-2 14-5
Away 3-8 4-6
Neutral 4-2 4-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 72.6 65.6
Avg Pts Against 63.4 62.5
Massey 15.8 (#15) 10.0 (#49)
Bradley-Terry 2.28 (#31) 2.25 (#33)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.87 (#27) 2.70 (#34)
RPI 0.582 (#41) 0.531 (#112)
Shooting & Four Factors LSU ISU
FG% 44.0% 43.9%
3PT% 31.9% 32.1%
REB / G 36.9 32.0
OREB / G 12.1 9.4
AST / TO 0.88 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.5% 49.9%
TOV% 20.5% 20.4%
ORB% 33.8% 28.2%
FT Rate 24.1% 19.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.1% 48.4%
Opp TOV% 25.3% 24.5%
DRB% 68.8% 71.5%
Opp FT Rate 26.5% 26.1%

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