Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
(1) Arizona Wildcats
79 – 64
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(2) Purdue Boilermakers
SAP Center at San Jose (Neutral) · March 29, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread ARIZ -5.5 Home covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money ARIZ -270 / PUR +220
Model Predictions
Spread Total ARIZ win
Actual ARIZ +15 143 Won
Massey ARIZ -4.5 (+10.5) — —
Massey Totals — 153.2 (-10.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 83% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 86% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ARIZ -4.5 (+10.5) 151.9 (-8.9) 67% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ARIZ -2.6 (+12.4) 149.9 (-6.9) 60% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ARIZ -4.2 (+10.8) 150.8 (-7.8) 70% ✓
Baseline ML ARIZ -3.7 (+11.3) 150.4 (-7.4) 68% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 16, 2023 PUR 92 – 84 ARIZ

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ARIZ PUR
Overall 36-3 30-9
Conference 16-2 13-7
Home 16-1 12-5
Away 9-1 8-3
Neutral 11-1 10-1
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 86.2 81.6
Avg Pts Against 69.4 70.5
Massey 27.0 (#3) 22.4 (#8)
Bradley-Terry 5.33 (#1) 3.72 (#6)
W. Bradley-Terry 6.55 (#2) 4.71 (#8)
RPI 0.675 (#3) 0.625 (#13)
Shooting & Four Factors ARIZ PUR
FG% 50.4% 50.3%
3PT% 36.8% 38.4%
REB / G 42.8 35.2
OREB / G 12.9 11.2
AST / TO 1.54 2.22
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.2% 58.0%
TOV% 15.2% 13.6%
ORB% 38.5% 36.5%
FT Rate 32.5% 21.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.0% 52.4%
Opp TOV% 16.2% 15.5%
DRB% 73.4% 73.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.6% 18.1%

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