Why don't you get back into bed. "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
90 – 95
FINAL Neutral Players Era Festival
Alabama Crimson Tide
MGM Grand Garden Arena (Neutral) · November 28, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ALA -11.5 Home covered
O/U 162.5 Over
Money RUTG +475 / ALA -750
Model Predictions
Spread Total RUTG win
Actual ALA +5 185 Lost
Massey ALA -15.3 (+10.3) — —
Massey Totals — 171.8 (+13.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 22% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 10% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ALA -9.8 (+4.8) 162.2 (+22.8) 19% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ALA -11.4 (+6.4) 166.3 (+18.7) 17% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ALA -10.1 (+5.1) 163.7 (+21.3) 20% ✓
Baseline ML ALA -9.6 (+4.6) 163.1 (+21.9) 21% ✓

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 RUTG ALA
Overall 15-17 28-9
Conference 8-12 13-5
Home 11-5 12-3
Away 3-8 9-3
Neutral 1-4 7-3
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.0 90.7
Avg Pts Against 77.6 81.3
Massey 3.2 (#117) 18.5 (#11)
Bradley-Terry 1.43 (#74) 2.68 (#27)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.93 (#88) 4.16 (#25)
RPI 0.554 (#92) 0.737 (#7)
Shooting & Four Factors RUTG ALA
FG% 46.9% 47.1%
3PT% 35.2% 31.8%
REB / G 37.3 43.8
OREB / G 10.0 12.7
AST / TO 1.65 1.57
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.1% 54.5%
TOV% 13.1% 15.0%
ORB% 28.6% 33.8%
FT Rate 30.5% 33.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.2% 45.1%
Opp TOV% 17.6% 13.9%
DRB% 69.5% 71.6%
Opp FT Rate 14.1% 24.1%

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