In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
(4) Alabama Crimson Tide
90 65
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(5) Texas Tech Red Raiders
Benchmark International Arena (Neutral) · March 23, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread ALA -1.5 Home covered
O/U 164.5 Under
Money ALA -118 / TTU -102
Model Predictions
Spread Total ALA win
Actual ALA +25 155 Won
Massey ALA -0.5 (+24.5)
Massey Totals 169.6 (-14.6)
Bradley-Terry 49%
Weighted B-T 55%
Baseline Plus ML TTU -0.8 (+25.8) 162.5 (-7.5) 38%
Model 4 ML ALA -1.1 (+23.9) 174.2 (-19.2) 47%
Model 3 ML ALA -0.4 (+24.6) 165.4 (-10.4) 54%
Baseline ML TTU -0.2 (+25.2) 161.9 (-6.9) 47%

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 TTU
Overall 25-10 23-11
Conference 13-5 12-6
Home 12-3 14-2
Away 7-3 5-5
Neutral 6-4 4-4
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 91.2 80.3
Avg Pts Against 82.7 73.1
Massey 19.6 (#14) 19.1 (#18)
Bradley-Terry 3.22 (#18) 3.27 (#17)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.09 (#17) 3.89 (#20)
RPI 0.633 (#7) 0.624 (#13)
Shooting & Four Factors ALA TTU
FG% 45.8% 47.2%
3PT% 35.7% 39.7%
REB / G 40.8 36.8
OREB / G 12.4 11.4
AST / TO 1.65 1.47
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.4% 56.7%
TOV% 13.1% 15.8%
ORB% 32.2% 33.3%
FT Rate 28.2% 19.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.2% 49.4%
Opp TOV% 12.8% 14.7%
DRB% 67.3% 69.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.2% 22.1%

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