Model Predictions
| Model | Evansville Purple Aces | Ohio State Buckeyes | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 21.0% | 79.0% | - | ✓ |
| Bradley-Terry | 18.1% | 81.9% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 1.1% | 98.9% | +24.7 | ✓ (25.3 off) |
| Pythagorean | 24.0% | 76.0% | - | ✓ |
| Efficiency | 24.0% | 76.0% | - | ✓ |
| Adjusted Efficiency | 1.0% | 99.0% | - | ✓ |
| Log Adjusted | 1.0% | 99.0% | - | ✓ |
| Points Off/Def | 9.3% | 90.7% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Ohio State Buckeyes +50 (80-30). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Evansville Purple Aces
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramondo Battle II | 5 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -6.0 |
| Cameron Haffner * | 34 | 2-11 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | - |
| Gabriel Pozzato * | 29 | 3-9 | 0-4 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | -46.3 |
| Joshua Hughes * | 28 | 1-12 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | -36.5 |
| Tayshawn Comer * | 26 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | -30.5 |
| Tanner Cuff * | 24 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | -33.6 |
| Michael Day | 23 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -28.7 |
| Kaia Berridge | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -3 | -7.9 |
| Connor Turnbull | 12 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -5.9 |
| Trent Hundley | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.0 |
| Weston Aigner | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Braylon Jackson | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -2.0 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Thornton * | 29 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 4-6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | - |
| Aaron Bradshaw * | 27 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +25.5 |
| Meechie Johnson * | 24 | 5-8 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | - |
| Micah Parrish * | 22 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +24.0 |
| Sean Stewart * | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -1.1 |
| Devin Royal | 25 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 23 | - |
| Evan Mahaffey | 20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | - |
| John Mobley Jr. | 19 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 4-5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +33.7 |
| Colin White | 12 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | +14.9 |
| Ivan Njegovan | 4 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +10.0 |
| Kalen Etzler | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +4.0 |
| Braylen Nash | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2.0 |
| Colby Baumann | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +4.0 |
* = starter