In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Samford Bulldogs
103 98 OT
FINAL Samford Thanksgiving Invitational
North Dakota State Bison
Pete Hanna Center · November 27, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SAM -10.5 Away covered
O/U 154.5 Over
Money SAM -700 / NDSU +450
Model Predictions
Spread Total SAM win
Actual SAM +5 201 Won
Massey SAM -13.8 (-8.8)
Massey Totals 166.2 (+34.8)
Bradley-Terry 96%
Weighted B-T 96%
Baseline Plus ML SAM -10.2 (-5.2) 155.7 (+45.3) 82%
Baseline ML SAM -11.3 (-6.3) 156.0 (+45.0) 83%
Baseline Tuned ML SAM -10.4 (-5.4) 154.5 (+46.5) 83%
Efficiency Plus ML SAM -13.9 (-8.9) 152.7 (+48.3) 86%

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 SAM NDSU
Overall 22-11 21-11
Conference 12-6 10-6
Home 13-3 11-4
Away 9-7 8-6
Neutral 0-1 2-1
Last 5 2-2 1-3
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 81.5 80.7
Avg Pts Against 76.8 76.0
Massey 3.9 (#112) -3.9 (#236)
Bradley-Terry 0.67 (#129) -1.36 (#283)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.29 (#165) -1.56 (#260)
RPI 0.505 (#167) 0.375 (#329)
Shooting & Four Factors SAM NDSU
FG% 45.8% 40.7%
3PT% 37.7% 32.3%
REB / G 36.0 34.2
OREB / G 12.2 9.0
AST / TO 1.13 1.44
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.2% 49.0%
TOV% 19.5% 14.3%
ORB% 32.0% 23.5%
FT Rate 25.2% 18.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.2% 54.0%
Opp TOV% 19.6% 9.4%
DRB% 62.5% 73.2%
Opp FT Rate 34.5% 17.3%

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