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Nicholls Colonels
45 – 79
FINAL Neutral Conference Hercules Tires Southland
Abilene Christian Wildcats
Southland Conference · Leonard E. Merrell Center (Neutral) · March 14, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread ACU -6.5 Away covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money NICH +230 / ACU -225
Model Predictions
Spread Total NICH win
Actual ACU +34 124 Lost
Massey ACU -8.9 (-25.1) — —
Massey Totals — 144.7 (-20.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 34% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 22% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ACU -7.0 (-27.0) 147.3 (-23.3) 24% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ACU -5.5 (-28.5) 144.2 (-20.2) 26% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ACU -7.4 (-26.6) 149.7 (-25.7) 26% ✓
Baseline ML ACU -6.8 (-27.2) 146.8 (-22.8) 23% ✓

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 NICH ACU
Overall 18-7 24-5
Conference 14-2 13-2
Home 8-1 13-0
Away 7-5 5-4
Neutral 3-1 6-1
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.3 74.2
Avg Pts Against 73.8 61.6
Massey -1.6 (#188) 7.3 (#77)
Bradley-Terry 0.09 (#169) 0.75 (#108)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.24 (#188) 1.05 (#102)
RPI 0.531 (#107) 0.552 (#66)
Shooting & Four Factors NICH ACU
FG% 45.7% 46.1%
3PT% 32.7% 37.1%
REB / G 38.4 34.2
OREB / G 11.0 10.5
AST / TO 1.03 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.8% 52.9%
TOV% 17.6% 19.2%
ORB% 29.1% 30.1%
FT Rate 19.2% 23.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.0% 46.2%
Opp TOV% 20.6% 27.0%
DRB% 72.1% 72.0%
Opp FT Rate 24.4% 30.8%

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