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(7) Saint Mary's Gaels
59 – 56
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(10) Vanderbilt Commodores
Rocket Arena (Neutral) · March 21, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread SMC -4.5 Away covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money SMC -200 / VAN +170
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMC win
Actual SMC +3 115 Won
Massey SMC -3.4 (-0.4) — —
Massey Totals — 137.8 (-22.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 51% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 67% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SMC -2.5 (+0.5) 134.1 (-19.1) 64% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SMC -4.3 (-1.3) 133.6 (-18.6) 71% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SMC -3.2 (-0.2) 135.9 (-20.9) 63% ✓
Baseline ML SMC -3.5 (-0.5) 132.9 (-17.9) 62% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 28, 2025 VAN 96 – 71 SMC
Nov 24, 2022 SMC 75 – 65 VAN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SMC VAN
Overall 29-6 20-13
Conference 17-1 8-10
Home 16-1 14-3
Away 9-1 3-7
Neutral 4-4 3-3
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L4
Avg Pts For 72.7 78.9
Avg Pts Against 61.8 74.3
Massey 15.6 (#27) 12.2 (#46)
Bradley-Terry 2.70 (#25) 2.65 (#28)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.57 (#18) 2.87 (#40)
RPI 0.618 (#12) 0.556 (#69)
Shooting & Four Factors SMC VAN
FG% 45.4% 45.1%
3PT% 32.6% 32.5%
REB / G 39.4 34.9
OREB / G 14.1 11.7
AST / TO 1.59 1.35
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.9% 51.7%
TOV% 15.2% 14.7%
ORB% 40.5% 32.2%
FT Rate 21.8% 25.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.2% 52.9%
Opp TOV% 16.6% 20.0%
DRB% 75.1% 70.3%
Opp FT Rate 18.7% 28.1%

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