He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said. "The Weight" - The Band
(8) LSU Tigers
76 – 61
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(9) St. Bonaventure Bonnies
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (Neutral) · March 20, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread LSU -1.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money LSU -110 / SBU +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total LSU win
Actual LSU +15 137 Won
Massey LSU -0.7 (+14.3) — —
Massey Totals — 145.6 (-8.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 52% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 51% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SBU -0.3 (+15.3) 142.9 (-5.9) 48% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SBU -0.0 (+15.0) 141.3 (-4.3) 49% ✗
Baseline Plus ML SBU -0.4 (+15.4) 142.8 (-5.8) 50% ✗
Baseline ML LSU -0.1 (+14.9) 141.5 (-4.5) 51% ✓

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 LSU SBU
Overall 19-10 16-5
Conference 11-6 11-4
Home 11-2 8-1
Away 4-6 3-3
Neutral 4-2 5-1
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 81.8 70.0
Avg Pts Against 75.2 61.1
Massey 13.9 (#23) 13.2 (#29)
Bradley-Terry 2.25 (#29) 2.18 (#33)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.88 (#28) 2.84 (#30)
RPI 0.586 (#28) 0.592 (#22)
Shooting & Four Factors LSU SBU
FG% 46.3% 44.9%
3PT% 35.0% 35.4%
REB / G 38.3 37.2
OREB / G 11.5 11.4
AST / TO 1.05 1.34
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.8% 50.5%
TOV% 16.1% 16.9%
ORB% 31.5% 33.6%
FT Rate 25.4% 20.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.5% 45.5%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 19.5%
DRB% 67.2% 71.5%
Opp FT Rate 20.6% 18.4%

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