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(2) Alabama Crimson Tide
78 – 88 OT
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(11) UCLA Bruins
Hinkle Fieldhouse (Neutral) · March 28, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread ALA -6.5 Away covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money ALA -275 / UCLA +275
Model Predictions
Spread Total ALA win
Actual UCLA +10 166 Lost
Massey ALA -5.3 (-15.3) — —
Massey Totals — 146.2 (+19.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 64% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 63% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML ALA -4.0 (-14.0) 145.7 (+20.3) 67% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ALA -2.8 (-12.8) 143.8 (+22.2) 60% ✗
Baseline Plus ML ALA -2.7 (-12.7) 145.6 (+20.4) 61% ✗
Baseline ML ALA -3.4 (-13.4) 145.8 (+20.2) 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 ALA UCLA
Overall 26-7 22-10
Conference 16-2 13-6
Home 12-1 11-1
Away 7-3 5-6
Neutral 7-3 6-3
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.7 73.4
Avg Pts Against 70.1 68.4
Massey 18.2 (#7) 13.0 (#30)
Bradley-Terry 3.07 (#6) 2.51 (#21)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.84 (#6) 3.29 (#18)
RPI 0.632 (#4) 0.601 (#18)
Shooting & Four Factors ALA UCLA
FG% 43.5% 46.3%
3PT% 35.5% 37.4%
REB / G 40.5 35.3
OREB / G 12.5 10.2
AST / TO 1.02 1.26
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.8% 52.2%
TOV% 18.7% 16.1%
ORB% 32.1% 30.8%
FT Rate 20.5% 22.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.8% 50.2%
Opp TOV% 20.8% 17.4%
DRB% 71.0% 75.5%
Opp FT Rate 20.9% 20.6%

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