The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Petersen Events Center · November 18, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread PITT -16.5 Home covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money PITT -2500 / BUCK +1100
Model Predictions
Spread Total PITT win
Actual PITT +34 134 Won
Massey PITT -9.7 (+24.3) — —
Massey Totals — 138.0 (-4.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 95% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 99% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PITT -10.4 (+23.6) 133.8 (+0.2) 81% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PITT -8.0 (+26.0) 134.0 (-0.0) 77% ✓
Baseline ML PITT -8.9 (+25.1) 134.4 (-0.4) 77% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PITT -8.7 (+25.3) 134.7 (-0.7) 77% ✓

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 BUCK
Overall 13-20 10-23
Conference 5-13 6-12
Home 8-10 6-8
Away 3-8 4-13
Neutral 2-2 0-2
Last 5 3-1 2-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.5 67.4
Avg Pts Against 71.8 76.3
Massey 2.7 (#127) 0.1 (#172)
Bradley-Terry 1.29 (#84) -0.30 (#207)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.18 (#73) -0.52 (#211)
RPI 0.674 (#35) 0.321 (#345)
Shooting & Four Factors PITT BUCK
FG% 43.5% 43.0%
3PT% 34.1% 35.1%
REB / G 40.8 35.2
OREB / G 10.8 9.5
AST / TO 1.02 0.94
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.2% 50.2%
TOV% 19.4% 17.0%
ORB% 32.1% 27.0%
FT Rate 28.7% 26.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 42.7% 48.7%
Opp TOV% 13.1% 18.1%
DRB% 75.9% 70.5%
Opp FT Rate 21.2% 30.7%

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