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(3) Kansas Jayhawks
93 – 84
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(14) Eastern Washington Eagles
Corteva Coliseum (Neutral) · March 20, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread KU -10.5 Away covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money KU -600 / EWU +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total KU win
Actual KU +9 177 Won
Massey KU -9.1 (-0.1) — —
Massey Totals — 140.0 (+37.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 93% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 95% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML KU -7.2 (+1.8) 136.8 (+40.2) 78% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ KU -6.7 (+2.3) 138.3 (+38.7) 74% ✓
Baseline Plus ML KU -6.4 (+2.6) 139.6 (+37.4) 74% ✓
Baseline ML KU -6.5 (+2.5) 137.1 (+39.9) 74% ✓

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 KU EWU
Overall 21-9 16-8
Conference 12-6 12-3
Home 14-1 7-2
Away 4-6 6-5
Neutral 3-2 3-1
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.1 78.2
Avg Pts Against 65.2 71.0
Massey 14.1 (#19) 5.1 (#100)
Bradley-Terry 2.97 (#8) 0.42 (#135)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.58 (#12) 0.73 (#121)
RPI 0.589 (#23) 0.551 (#70)
Shooting & Four Factors KU EWU
FG% 43.7% 46.9%
3PT% 33.7% 35.9%
REB / G 37.7 35.2
OREB / G 11.3 7.6
AST / TO 1.11 1.27
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.7% 54.1%
TOV% 17.7% 16.5%
ORB% 31.2% 23.9%
FT Rate 21.8% 24.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.0% 47.5%
Opp TOV% 20.0% 16.6%
DRB% 73.1% 74.4%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 20.1%

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