In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
64 – 79
FINAL Neutral Cancun Challenge
Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (Neutral) · November 27, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread GWEB -3.5 Away covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money BCU +135 / GWEB -165
Model Predictions
Spread Total BCU win
Actual GWEB +15 143 Lost
Massey GWEB -7.5 (-7.5) — —
Massey Totals — 141.2 (+1.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 16% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 10% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GWEB -4.4 (-10.6) 139.1 (+3.9) 30% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GWEB -6.4 (-8.6) 140.1 (+2.9) 29% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GWEB -4.3 (-10.7) 139.9 (+3.1) 37% ✓
Baseline ML GWEB -4.1 (-10.9) 139.5 (+3.5) 35% ✓

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 BCU GWEB
Overall 17-16 11-20
Conference 13-5 5-11
Home 8-2 5-6
Away 7-12 3-13
Neutral 2-2 3-1
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 68.6 73.8
Avg Pts Against 72.2 78.1
Massey -2.4 (#209) 5.1 (#95)
Bradley-Terry -0.20 (#202) 1.44 (#78)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.58 (#210) 1.59 (#102)
RPI 0.501 (#174) 0.595 (#57)
Shooting & Four Factors BCU GWEB
FG% 40.8% 47.3%
3PT% 30.9% 34.0%
REB / G 33.5 35.2
OREB / G 9.2 10.8
AST / TO 0.75 0.63
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.1% 52.6%
TOV% 19.4% 24.1%
ORB% 25.3% 34.0%
FT Rate 19.3% 22.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.7% 51.4%
Opp TOV% 19.3% 15.7%
DRB% 62.4% 69.2%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 23.1%

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