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(5) Creighton Bluejays
63 – 62
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(12) UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Lucas Oil Stadium (Neutral) · March 20, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread CREI -7.5 Away covered
O/U 137.5 Under
Money CREI -300 / UCSB +300
Model Predictions
Spread Total CREI win
Actual CREI +1 125 Won
Massey CREI -6.7 (-5.7) — —
Massey Totals — 141.3 (-16.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 64% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 73% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML CREI -4.8 (-3.8) 138.9 (-13.9) 66% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CREI -3.9 (-2.9) 136.1 (-11.1) 62% ✓
Baseline Plus ML CREI -4.5 (-3.5) 138.9 (-13.9) 62% ✓
Baseline ML CREI -5.1 (-4.1) 137.6 (-12.6) 66% ✓

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 CREI UCSB
Overall 22-9 22-5
Conference 14-6 13-3
Home 11-3 11-0
Away 7-4 8-4
Neutral 4-2 3-1
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 76.0 73.4
Avg Pts Against 68.2 63.6
Massey 14.5 (#17) 7.8 (#73)
Bradley-Terry 2.35 (#21) 1.79 (#50)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.94 (#26) 1.96 (#67)
RPI 0.554 (#62) 0.583 (#30)
Shooting & Four Factors CREI UCSB
FG% 47.6% 47.1%
3PT% 36.7% 34.8%
REB / G 36.1 33.8
OREB / G 8.5 8.8
AST / TO 1.42 1.37
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.7% 53.0%
TOV% 15.9% 16.6%
ORB% 24.8% 28.2%
FT Rate 17.3% 27.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.9% 47.7%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 20.7%
DRB% 71.8% 75.5%
Opp FT Rate 18.1% 21.3%

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