Predicting NCAA basketball Games 15 Feb 2020

While writing my last post I noticed I had the equation for FTR(Free Throw Rate) incorrect. I was using FT(Free Throws made) when I should have been using FTA(Free Throw Attempts). When I adjusted the equation I did notice a slight change in percent correct.

I picked 16 games from yesterday and predicted the winners. With the updates to the model the percentage correct is now 70%. The sample size chosen for 15 Feb games were correct 56% picking 9 out of 16 correctly. Vegas was 68% correct picking 11 out of 16 winners.

HomeAwayLinePredicted WinnerActual Winner
Oklahoma  3 Kansas Kansas -11.5KanasKansas
Syracuse 8 Florida StateFSU -8.5SyracuseFSU
Northwester 13 Penn StatePenn State 12.5Penn StatePenn State
6 DaytonUmassDayton -13.5DaytonDayton
24 Texas TechOklahoma StateTexas Tech -3Texas TechOklahoma State
Ole Miss12 KentuckyKentucky -9.5KentuckyKentucky
Georgetown19 ButlerButler 8.5ButlerGeorgetown
Notre Dame7 DukeDuke -12.5DukeDuke
14 West Virginia1 BaylorBaylor -5West VirginiaBaylor
25 LSUAlabamaAlabama -2.5LSUAlabama
5 LouisvilleClemsonLouisville -5LouisvilleClemson
9 MarylandMichigan StateMichigan State -6.5MarylandMaryland
Depaul23 CreightonCreighton -9CreightonCreighton
10 Seton HallProvidenceSeton Hall -1.5Seton HallProvidence
2 GonzagaPepperdineGonzaga -15GonzagaGonzaga
16 ColoradoOregon StateColorado -2ColoradoColorado

Three games to note where the team I picked lost by 3 points were
Syracuse vs FSU
Texas Tech vs Oklahoma State
Seton Hall vs Providence