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(2) Alabama Crimson Tide
113 – 88
FINAL Neutral NCAA Tournament
(6) BYU Cougars
Prudential Center (Neutral) · March 27, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread ALA -4.5 Home covered
O/U 175.5 Over
Money ALA -205 / BYU +170
Model Predictions
Spread Total ALA win
Actual ALA +25 201 Won
Massey ALA -5.6 (+19.4) — —
Massey Totals — 174.7 (+26.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 78% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 84% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ALA -7.3 (+17.7) 175.2 (+25.8) 73% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ALA -4.8 (+20.2) 176.4 (+24.6) 65% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ALA -5.5 (+19.5) 173.2 (+27.8) 70% ✓
Baseline ML ALA -5.6 (+19.4) 177.7 (+23.3) 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 BYU
Overall 28-9 26-10
Conference 13-5 14-6
Home 12-3 15-2
Away 9-3 6-5
Neutral 7-3 5-3
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 90.7 81.4
Avg Pts Against 81.3 72.6
Massey 22.6 (#5) 17.0 (#20)
Bradley-Terry 4.14 (#6) 2.89 (#20)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.02 (#6) 3.33 (#32)
RPI 0.666 (#2) 0.582 (#40)
Shooting & Four Factors ALA BYU
FG% 48.6% 48.3%
3PT% 35.0% 37.5%
REB / G 42.9 37.6
OREB / G 12.5 11.1
AST / TO 1.34 1.42
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.6% 57.3%
TOV% 16.7% 17.4%
ORB% 34.2% 33.4%
FT Rate 28.7% 21.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 50.9%
Opp TOV% 13.3% 16.9%
DRB% 70.6% 74.0%
Opp FT Rate 23.3% 21.0%

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