And the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation. "Ball of Confusion" - The Temptations
Richmond Spiders
73 60
FINAL Neutral Gulf Coast Showcase
Ball State Cardinals
Hertz Arena (Neutral) · November 27, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread RICH -3.5 Home covered
O/U 133.5 Under
Money RICH -195 / BALL +160
Model Predictions
Spread Total RICH win
Actual RICH +13 133 Won
Massey RICH -1.4 (+11.6)
Massey Totals 134.0 (-1.0)
Bradley-Terry 74%
Weighted B-T 92%
Baseline Plus ML RICH -3.1 (+9.9) 135.5 (-2.5) 62%
Baseline ML RICH -1.6 (+11.4) 130.4 (+2.6) 55%
Baseline Tuned ML RICH -3.0 (+10.0) 130.8 (+2.2) 61%
Efficiency Plus ML RICH -6.4 (+6.6) 131.1 (+1.9) 77%

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 RICH BALL
Overall 10-22 14-17
Conference 5-13 7-11
Home 6-9 8-7
Away 2-11 4-9
Neutral 1-2 1-1
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L5 L4
Avg Pts For 65.6 73.8
Avg Pts Against 72.6 75.2
Massey -4.7 (#256) -6.2 (#277)
Bradley-Terry -1.24 (#275) -2.28 (#327)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.08 (#281) -4.53 (#348)
RPI 0.455 (#252) 0.378 (#326)
Shooting & Four Factors RICH BALL
FG% 40.0% 38.7%
3PT% 25.8% 29.1%
REB / G 34.4 33.4
OREB / G 6.8 7.6
AST / TO 0.94 0.82
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.5% 45.1%
TOV% 15.3% 17.3%
ORB% 19.1% 20.2%
FT Rate 26.1% 38.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.0% 48.8%
Opp TOV% 15.8% 15.9%
DRB% 78.9% 69.0%
Opp FT Rate 34.1% 31.0%

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