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(2) Ohio State Buckeyes
72 75 OT
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(15) Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
Mackey Arena (Neutral) · March 19, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread OSU -15.5 Away covered
O/U 156.5 Under
Money OSU -1600 / ORU +1100
Model Predictions
Spread Total OSU win
Actual ORU +3 147 Lost
Massey OSU -15.8 (-18.8)
Massey Totals 159.4 (-12.4)
Bradley-Terry 96%
Weighted B-T 99%
Baseline Plus ML OSU -14.6 (-17.6) 158.4 (-11.4) 85%
Model 4 ML OSU -12.6 (-15.6) 158.9 (-11.9) 85%
Model 3 ML OSU -16.5 (-19.5) 158.4 (-11.4) 88%
Baseline ML OSU -15.2 (-18.2) 157.8 (-10.8) 87%

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 OSU ORU
Overall 21-10 18-11
Conference 12-8 10-5
Home 10-4 8-3
Away 7-4 5-7
Neutral 4-2 5-1
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.2 78.9
Avg Pts Against 71.1 77.2
Massey 16.5 (#8) 0.6 (#154)
Bradley-Terry 2.96 (#10) -0.33 (#199)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.02 (#8) -0.35 (#194)
RPI 0.592 (#21) 0.524 (#124)
Shooting & Four Factors OSU ORU
FG% 46.0% 44.7%
3PT% 36.5% 38.8%
REB / G 36.2 33.3
OREB / G 9.7 8.1
AST / TO 1.25 1.02
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.1% 53.6%
TOV% 15.3% 15.8%
ORB% 29.1% 23.2%
FT Rate 28.7% 23.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.9% 50.4%
Opp TOV% 15.0% 18.1%
DRB% 72.6% 67.0%
Opp FT Rate 23.9% 23.2%

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