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
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
79 – 67
FINAL Neutral Cancun Challenge
North Dakota Fighting Hawks
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (Neutral) · November 26, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UND -3.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money BCU +135 / UND -165
Model Predictions
Spread Total BCU win
Actual BCU +12 146 Won
Massey UND -0.3 (+12.3) — —
Massey Totals — 134.8 (+11.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 13% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 5% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UND -0.8 (+12.8) 134.7 (+11.3) 44% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UND -1.3 (+13.3) 139.0 (+7.0) 43% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UND -1.2 (+13.2) 137.3 (+8.7) 44% ✗
Baseline ML UND -0.7 (+12.7) 136.3 (+9.7) 45% ✗

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 UND
Overall 17-16 12-21
Conference 13-5 5-11
Home 8-2 9-6
Away 7-12 2-12
Neutral 2-2 1-3
Last 5 1-4 2-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 68.6 76.3
Avg Pts Against 72.2 82.2
Massey -3.0 (#230) -2.7 (#219)
Bradley-Terry -1.04 (#264) 0.86 (#116)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.89 (#274) 1.12 (#125)
RPI 0.466 (#232) 0.576 (#78)
Shooting & Four Factors BCU UND
FG% 39.7% 39.7%
3PT% 29.5% 32.5%
REB / G 32.4 37.5
OREB / G 8.6 12.0
AST / TO 0.76 0.68
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.0% 45.2%
TOV% 20.7% 21.0%
ORB% 23.9% 29.8%
FT Rate 19.5% 21.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 51.0%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 13.4%
DRB% 64.0% 73.4%
Opp FT Rate 25.2% 19.4%

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