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Massachusetts vs Boston College
Men's college basketball preview
Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET
Fri, Nov 6 · 4:00 PM ET · ESPN+
Neutral site · TD Garden · Boston, MA
The Call How this works
GordStats had Boston College by 4.2✓, the book by 5.5 — 1.3 points apart, short of the 3 it takes for a lean.
On the total, GordStats said 148 to the book's 143.5: a lean to the Over✗.
A side against the book is a disagreement, not a tip — how ours have done.
Unit vs Unit
- Massachusetts' offensive rebounding (39th) meets Boston College's defensive rebounding (305th).
- Boston College's ball security (69th) meets Massachusetts' ball pressure (319th).
National rank on each side, 1st the best; the longer bar has the edge.
Massachusetts Offense vs Boston College Defense
Massachusetts: 72.6 possessions a game (70th fastest) · 35% of shots from three
Boston College Offense vs Massachusetts Defense
Boston College: 60.0 possessions a game (365th fastest) · 40% of shots from three
Bart Torvik's adjusted figures, ranked across Division I. Every team: Team Stats.
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Massachusetts
- W71–60at Troy+17
Boston College
- W76–50vs Wagner+9
The last column is the margin against our line before kickoff: + beat it, − fell short.
What These Numbers Mean
- Adj. efficiency
- Points per 100 possessions against an average D-I team on a neutral floor: the offense's scored, the defense's allowed.
- Effective FG%
- Field-goal percentage with a made three counted as 1.5 makes.
- Turnovers
- Per possession: the offense's committed, the defense's forced.
- Offensive rebounding
- The share of its own misses the offense gets back, against the share the defense lets its opponents get back.
- Free-throw rate
- Free throws attempted per field-goal attempt: drawn by the offense, allowed by the defense.