They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
(1) Baylor Bears
86 – 93 OT
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(8) North Carolina Tar Heels
Dickies Arena (Neutral) · March 19, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread BAY -5.5 Away covered
O/U 149.0 Over
Money BAY -230 / UNC +190
Model Predictions
Spread Total BAY win
Actual UNC +7 179 Lost
Massey BAY -7.8 (-14.8) — —
Massey Totals — 149.3 (+29.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 76% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 81% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML BAY -5.5 (-12.5) 149.0 (+30.0) 74% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BAY -4.9 (-11.9) 146.7 (+32.3) 69% ✗
Baseline Plus ML BAY -4.8 (-11.8) 147.6 (+31.4) 65% ✗
Baseline ML BAY -5.7 (-12.7) 148.5 (+30.5) 64% ✗

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 BAY UNC
Overall 27-7 29-10
Conference 14-4 15-5
Home 15-2 15-2
Away 8-3 8-3
Neutral 4-2 6-5
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.0 77.9
Avg Pts Against 64.1 71.3
Massey 19.9 (#4) 12.1 (#28)
Bradley-Terry 3.50 (#4) 2.36 (#29)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.27 (#4) 2.79 (#33)
RPI 0.618 (#11) 0.596 (#24)
Shooting & Four Factors BAY UNC
FG% 46.7% 45.3%
3PT% 34.8% 36.2%
REB / G 37.2 40.1
OREB / G 12.8 10.8
AST / TO 1.30 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.3% 52.2%
TOV% 18.1% 16.4%
ORB% 36.6% 30.7%
FT Rate 20.0% 22.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 49.5%
Opp TOV% 22.9% 14.1%
DRB% 71.2% 79.0%
Opp FT Rate 18.7% 15.4%

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