In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
(2) Alabama Crimson Tide
80 – 66
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(7) Saint Mary's Gaels
Rocket Arena (Neutral) · March 23, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread ALA -5.5 Home covered
O/U 149.5 Under
Money ALA -240 / SMC +200
Model Predictions
Spread Total ALA win
Actual ALA +14 146 Won
Massey ALA -6.8 (+7.2) — —
Massey Totals — 151.8 (-5.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 77% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 77% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ALA -5.2 (+8.8) 146.4 (-0.4) 70% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ALA -4.6 (+9.4) 147.7 (-1.7) 65% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ALA -5.1 (+8.9) 146.3 (-0.3) 66% ✓
Baseline ML ALA -5.7 (+8.3) 143.5 (+2.5) 74% ✓

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 SMC
Overall 28-9 29-6
Conference 13-5 17-1
Home 12-3 16-1
Away 9-3 9-1
Neutral 7-3 4-4
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 90.7 72.7
Avg Pts Against 81.3 61.8
Massey 22.4 (#5) 15.6 (#27)
Bradley-Terry 4.07 (#6) 2.85 (#21)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.92 (#6) 3.70 (#17)
RPI 0.661 (#2) 0.620 (#13)
Shooting & Four Factors ALA SMC
FG% 48.5% 45.3%
3PT% 34.9% 32.5%
REB / G 42.9 39.5
OREB / G 12.7 14.0
AST / TO 1.34 1.58
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.5% 50.7%
TOV% 16.7% 15.2%
ORB% 34.3% 40.2%
FT Rate 28.7% 21.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.8% 46.2%
Opp TOV% 13.4% 16.3%
DRB% 70.7% 75.4%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 18.4%

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