He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
(2) Houston Cougars
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FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(15) Cleveland State Vikings
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (Neutral) · March 19, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread HOU -19.5 Home covered
O/U 133.5 Over
Money HOU -4000 / CLE +2500
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOU win
Actual HOU +31 143 Won
Massey HOU -21.4 (+9.6)
Massey Totals 129.8 (+13.2)
Bradley-Terry 91%
Weighted B-T 97%
Baseline Plus ML HOU -21.2 (+9.8) 139.2 (+3.8) 90%
Model 4 ML HOU -18.3 (+12.7) 137.2 (+5.8) 90%
Model 3 ML HOU -20.0 (+11.0) 138.4 (+4.6) 90%
Baseline ML HOU -20.1 (+10.9) 139.3 (+3.7) 91%

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 HOU CLE
Overall 28-4 19-8
Conference 14-3 16-4
Home 15-0 9-2
Away 5-3 8-5
Neutral 8-1 2-1
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.9 70.9
Avg Pts Against 58.6 71.2
Massey 19.7 (#4) -1.7 (#190)
Bradley-Terry 2.98 (#8) 0.61 (#118)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.84 (#10) 0.42 (#145)
RPI 0.627 (#4) 0.588 (#25)
Shooting & Four Factors HOU CLE
FG% 43.8% 45.2%
3PT% 35.5% 31.9%
REB / G 40.6 35.0
OREB / G 14.2 10.7
AST / TO 1.27 1.08
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.3% 50.7%
TOV% 16.3% 18.7%
ORB% 39.4% 31.0%
FT Rate 22.8% 21.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 42.9% 48.8%
Opp TOV% 21.7% 20.2%
DRB% 72.0% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 27.6% 27.1%

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