Now she's with one of my good-time buddies, they're drinking in some crosstown bar. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
(6) Texas Tech Red Raiders
65 – 53
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(11) Utah State Aggies
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (Neutral) · March 19, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread TTU -3.5 Home covered
O/U 129.5 Under
Money TTU -163 / USU +175
Model Predictions
Spread Total TTU win
Actual TTU +12 118 Won
Massey TTU -3.4 (+8.6) — —
Massey Totals — 129.3 (-11.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 67% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 76% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML TTU -2.6 (+9.4) 131.1 (-13.1) 60% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ TTU -1.8 (+10.2) 127.9 (-9.9) 58% ✓
Baseline Plus ML TTU -3.1 (+8.9) 132.4 (-14.4) 59% ✓
Baseline ML TTU -2.4 (+9.6) 129.8 (-11.8) 58% ✓

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 TTU USU
Overall 18-11 20-9
Conference 9-8 15-4
Home 11-4 10-2
Away 5-4 7-3
Neutral 2-3 3-4
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 72.5 72.0
Avg Pts Against 63.2 62.3
Massey 14.7 (#16) 11.3 (#38)
Bradley-Terry 2.44 (#20) 1.73 (#53)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.13 (#20) 1.98 (#64)
RPI 0.556 (#59) 0.573 (#40)
Shooting & Four Factors TTU USU
FG% 44.3% 44.4%
3PT% 34.6% 33.7%
REB / G 35.1 40.8
OREB / G 11.7 12.6
AST / TO 1.18 1.19
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.7% 49.8%
TOV% 16.3% 19.6%
ORB% 33.7% 35.3%
FT Rate 27.9% 21.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.8% 45.6%
Opp TOV% 23.7% 19.8%
DRB% 70.0% 78.7%
Opp FT Rate 24.9% 19.3%

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