They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Comerica Center (Neutral) · March 18, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread SMC -1.5 Away covered
O/U 126.0 Over
Money SMC -125 / WKU +105
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMC win
Actual WKU +2 136 Lost
Massey SMC -1.2 (-3.2) — —
Massey Totals — 121.3 (+14.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 51% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 55% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML SMC -0.6 (-2.6) 126.2 (+9.8) 51% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ WKU -0.4 (-1.6) 127.7 (+8.3) 48% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SMC -0.6 (-2.6) 127.6 (+8.4) 52% ✗
Baseline ML SMC -1.3 (-3.3) 125.6 (+10.4) 55% ✗

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 SMC WKU
Neutral 3-4 5-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Massey 6.7 (#86) 5.5 (#95)
Bradley-Terry 1.70 (#55) 1.67 (#58)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.02 (#62) 1.83 (#75)
RPI 0.568 (#48) 0.576 (#36)
Shooting & Four Factors SMC WKU
FG% 42.0% 45.3%
3PT% 29.3% 34.5%
REB / G 34.6 37.9
OREB / G 8.8 10.5
AST / TO 0.92 0.90
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.5% 51.0%
TOV% 17.3% 21.2%
ORB% 26.4% 32.1%
FT Rate 20.1% 28.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.7% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 18.8% 19.0%
DRB% 78.2% 75.5%
Opp FT Rate 20.1% 16.3%

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