I'm going to Wichita, far from this opera for evermore. "Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes
(11) Wichita State Shockers
52 – 53
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(11) Drake Bulldogs
Mackey Arena (Neutral) · March 18, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -1.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money WICH +125 / DRKE -120
Model Predictions
Spread Total WICH win
Actual DRKE +1 105 Lost
Massey DRKE -2.9 (+1.9) — —
Massey Totals — 145.0 (-40.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 56% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 69% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML DRKE -0.3 (-0.7) 141.6 (-36.6) 48% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DRKE -2.1 (+1.1) 135.9 (-30.9) 47% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DRKE -1.3 (+0.3) 139.8 (-34.8) 50% ✓
Baseline ML DRKE -1.2 (+0.2) 140.8 (-35.8) 48% ✓

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 WICH DRKE
Overall 16-6 26-5
Conference 11-2 15-3
Home 10-2 14-1
Away 5-2 9-2
Neutral 1-2 3-2
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.9 74.7
Avg Pts Against 68.5 64.8
Massey 7.0 (#81) 9.9 (#54)
Bradley-Terry 2.26 (#27) 2.00 (#41)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.68 (#40) 1.87 (#72)
RPI 0.600 (#14) 0.545 (#81)
Shooting & Four Factors WICH DRKE
FG% 40.5% 48.8%
3PT% 34.5% 36.6%
REB / G 36.8 35.5
OREB / G 11.5 10.4
AST / TO 1.17 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.6% 54.5%
TOV% 15.8% 15.2%
ORB% 29.8% 31.6%
FT Rate 26.7% 17.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.1% 48.4%
Opp TOV% 18.2% 18.8%
DRB% 66.6% 75.1%
Opp FT Rate 20.5% 22.0%

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