Cause now I wanna be your dog. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - Iggy and the Stooges
Northwestern Wildcats
70 – 71
FINAL ACC/Big Ten Challenge
Pittsburgh Panthers
Welsh-Ryan Arena · December 10, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread NU -3.0 Away covered
O/U 144.5 Under
Money NU -150 / PITT +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total NU win
Actual PITT +1 141 Lost
Massey NU -19.8 (-20.8) — —
Massey Totals — 162.9 (-21.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 96% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 99% ✗
Baseline Plus ML NU -16.1 (-17.1) 155.4 (-14.4) 77% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NU -11.5 (-12.5) 153.8 (-12.8) 68% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML NU -15.6 (-16.6) 156.0 (-15.0) 88% ✗
Baseline ML NU -16.0 (-17.0) 155.9 (-14.9) 84% ✗

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 29, 2022 PITT 87 – 58 NU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NU PITT
Overall 9-15 10-12
Conference 6-13 6-10
Home 7-6 7-6
Away 2-8 3-5
Neutral 0-1 0-1
Last 5 2-0 2-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 69.0 71.2
Avg Pts Against 71.0 70.1
Massey 10.9 (#26) -2.0 (#181)
Bradley-Terry 0.39 (#129) -1.44 (#242)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.47 (#126) -2.45 (#252)
RPI 0.408 (#231) 0.406 (#233)
Shooting & Four Factors NU PITT
FG% 51.5% 49.4%
3PT% 47.2% 34.7%
REB / G 52.0 37.3
OREB / G 11.0 13.3
AST / TO 2.65 1.34
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 61.0% 56.5%
TOV% 12.6% 20.7%
ORB% 32.4% 38.5%
FT Rate 31.8% 23.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 36.5% 48.6%
Opp TOV% 14.7% 21.2%
DRB% 92.1% 66.7%
Opp FT Rate 21.3% 22.5%

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