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Pittsburgh Panthers
74 63
FINAL Neutral Greenbrier Tip-Off
LSU Tigers
Colonial Hall (Neutral) · November 22, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread PITT -7.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Under
Money PITT -360 / LSU +280
Model Predictions
Spread Total PITT win
Actual PITT +11 137 Won
Massey PITT -15.5 (-4.5)
Massey Totals 144.8 (-7.8)
Bradley-Terry 59%
Weighted B-T 78%
Baseline Plus ML PITT -13.1 (-2.1) 146.1 (-9.1) 80%
Baseline ML PITT -11.3 (-0.3) 143.7 (-6.7) 83%
Baseline Tuned ML PITT -11.9 (-0.9) 142.4 (-5.4) 86%
Efficiency Plus ML PITT -10.2 (+0.8) 145.7 (-8.7) 84%

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 PITT LSU
Overall 17-15 14-18
Conference 8-12 3-15
Home 13-4 11-7
Away 3-9 2-8
Neutral 1-2 1-3
Last 5 5-0 4-0
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 75.9 73.8
Avg Pts Against 70.8 73.6
Massey 22.3 (#3) 6.8 (#70)
Bradley-Terry 2.97 (#8) 2.60 (#17)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.17 (#5) 3.94 (#19)
RPI 0.802 (#2) 0.527 (#138)
Shooting & Four Factors PITT LSU
FG% 51.3% 49.3%
3PT% 37.0% 31.2%
REB / G 42.2 40.8
OREB / G 10.0 11.0
AST / TO 1.84 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 59.0% 55.7%
TOV% 12.8% 19.2%
ORB% 29.9% 34.1%
FT Rate 26.1% 30.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 40.6% 39.6%
Opp TOV% 18.8% 16.0%
DRB% 76.3% 70.4%
Opp FT Rate 18.8% 22.9%

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