Pepperdine vs Cornell

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Pepperdine☆Waves

8586

Final, model had 78-84

LinePepperdine −3O/U165

Cornell☆Big Red

Upset pickW

Picked Cornell

Total 162 proj, 171 actual

Correct. The model had Cornell; Cornell won 86-85.

• Cornell rates 172nd of 366 teams, Pepperdine 256th: an upper-half team against a lower-half team.
• The edge is mostly Cornell’s offense (39th nationally) against Pepperdine’s defense (333rd).
• Home court adds 2.7 points for Cornell.
• The books favor Pepperdine by 3. The model disagrees and takes Cornell outright, which also means Cornell +3 on the spread.
• Projected total 162, in line with the 165 over/under.
• Early-season note: about 95% of these numbers are still last season’s.

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