They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Southern Utah Thunderbirds
77 – 66
FINAL Basketball Classic
Portland Pilots
America First Events Center · March 26, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread SUU -3.0 Home covered
O/U 157.0 Under
Money SUU -160 / PORT +140
Model Predictions
Spread Total SUU win
Actual SUU +11 143 Won
Massey SUU -3.6 (+7.4) — —
Massey Totals — 152.6 (-9.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 66% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 67% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SUU -5.8 (+5.2) 153.6 (-10.6) 78% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SUU -3.6 (+7.4) 153.7 (-10.7) 69% ✓
Baseline ML SUU -3.4 (+7.6) 155.8 (-12.8) 69% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SUU -4.0 (+7.0) 155.4 (-12.4) 70% ✓

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 SUU PORT
Overall 23-12 19-15
Conference 14-6 7-7
Home 13-3 11-4
Away 8-8 6-9
Neutral 2-1 2-2
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.9 72.4
Avg Pts Against 72.8 73.0
Massey -0.1 (#169) -0.9 (#185)
Bradley-Terry 0.33 (#143) 0.18 (#156)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.29 (#152) 0.15 (#164)
RPI 0.536 (#95) 0.498 (#178)
Shooting & Four Factors SUU PORT
FG% 46.0% 43.3%
3PT% 34.3% 35.1%
REB / G 36.4 35.3
OREB / G 9.7 8.2
AST / TO 0.94 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.9% 50.0%
TOV% 17.2% 18.4%
ORB% 27.8% 24.0%
FT Rate 24.3% 26.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.6% 49.3%
Opp TOV% 17.2% 17.2%
DRB% 77.2% 72.4%
Opp FT Rate 21.3% 19.2%

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