Well you know that it's a shame and a pity you were raised up in the city / And you never learned nothing about country ways "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" - Country Joe and the Fish
(1) Illinois Fighting Illini
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FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(16) Drexel Dragons
Corteva Coliseum (Neutral) · March 19, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread ILL -22.5 Home covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money ILL -8000 / DREX +3300
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILL win
Actual ILL +29 127 Won
Massey ILL -19.3 (+9.7)
Massey Totals 143.6 (-16.6)
Bradley-Terry 96%
Weighted B-T 99%
Baseline Plus ML ILL -18.7 (+10.3) 145.0 (-18.0) 90%
Model 4 ML ILL -16.0 (+13.0) 140.6 (-13.6) 89%
Model 3 ML ILL -18.2 (+10.8) 147.5 (-20.5) 90%
Baseline ML ILL -19.4 (+9.6) 145.6 (-18.6) 90%

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 ILL DREX
Overall 24-7 12-8
Conference 16-4 4-5
Home 11-2 3-2
Away 9-3 4-5
Neutral 4-2 5-1
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 80.5 70.3
Avg Pts Against 68.6 67.4
Massey 21.3 (#2) 2.0 (#133)
Bradley-Terry 3.47 (#3) 0.38 (#141)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.71 (#3) 0.37 (#151)
RPI 0.617 (#8) 0.520 (#135)
Shooting & Four Factors ILL DREX
FG% 49.9% 47.7%
3PT% 37.6% 37.2%
REB / G 40.4 33.9
OREB / G 10.8 8.8
AST / TO 1.24 1.18
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.6% 54.3%
TOV% 18.2% 19.4%
ORB% 33.0% 29.4%
FT Rate 27.1% 22.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.6% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 15.9% 16.4%
DRB% 77.8% 75.7%
Opp FT Rate 20.9% 20.5%

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