Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Washington State Cougars
82 – 85
FINAL Neutral College Basketball Crown
Georgetown Hoyas
MGM Grand Garden Arena (Neutral) · April 1, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread WSU -2.5 Away covered
O/U 161.5 Over
Money WSU -140 / GTWN +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total WSU win
Actual GTWN +3 167 Lost
Massey GTWN -3.2 (+0.2) — —
Massey Totals — 150.5 (+16.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 52% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 58% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML GTWN -2.8 (-0.2) 152.4 (+14.6) 42% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GTWN -1.3 (-1.7) 149.6 (+17.4) 42% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GTWN -4.0 (+1.0) 151.5 (+15.5) 37% ✓
Baseline ML GTWN -2.7 (-0.3) 152.3 (+14.7) 31% ✓

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 WSU GTWN
Overall 19-15 18-16
Conference 8-10 8-12
Home 10-4 14-5
Away 5-7 3-9
Neutral 4-4 1-2
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 78.9 72.0
Avg Pts Against 78.6 69.6
Massey 3.4 (#112) 6.6 (#85)
Bradley-Terry 0.78 (#108) 0.71 (#113)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.21 (#89) 0.87 (#107)
RPI 0.522 (#124) 0.491 (#188)
Shooting & Four Factors WSU GTWN
FG% 49.1% 44.5%
3PT% 36.5% 31.8%
REB / G 34.0 35.2
OREB / G 9.9 11.1
AST / TO 1.15 1.22
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.7% 50.4%
TOV% 20.4% 17.2%
ORB% 31.3% 31.6%
FT Rate 22.6% 18.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.3% 49.4%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 19.6%
DRB% 66.8% 71.1%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 22.2%

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