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Northwestern Wildcats
71 – 60
FINAL Neutral MKE Tip-Off
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Fiserv Forum (Neutral) · December 15, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread NU -6.5 Home covered
O/U 138.5 Under
Money NU -290 / GT +240
Model Predictions
Spread Total NU win
Actual NU +11 131 Won
Massey NU -6.9 (+4.1) — —
Massey Totals — 136.2 (-5.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 90% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 98% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NU -6.9 (+4.1) 136.0 (-5.0) 72% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NU -6.8 (+4.2) 136.0 (-5.0) 74% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NU -7.0 (+4.0) 139.2 (-8.2) 73% ✓
Baseline ML NU -6.2 (+4.8) 136.3 (-5.3) 67% ✓

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 NU GT
Overall 17-16 17-17
Conference 7-13 10-10
Home 12-5 14-6
Away 2-9 2-9
Neutral 3-2 1-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 72.4 73.1
Avg Pts Against 69.2 72.7
Massey 8.8 (#64) 1.9 (#132)
Bradley-Terry 1.25 (#81) -0.96 (#256)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.54 (#55) -1.52 (#265)
RPI 0.569 (#68) 0.440 (#274)
Shooting & Four Factors NU GT
FG% 44.2% 42.5%
3PT% 31.6% 31.7%
REB / G 36.9 39.1
OREB / G 11.3 11.7
AST / TO 1.47 1.32
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.9% 48.6%
TOV% 14.3% 14.9%
ORB% 31.6% 30.1%
FT Rate 25.7% 22.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.1% 47.3%
Opp TOV% 19.7% 15.3%
DRB% 74.9% 73.5%
Opp FT Rate 20.8% 28.5%

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