Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
Illinois Fighting Illini
64 – 71
FINAL Gavitt Tipoff Games
Marquette Golden Eagles
State Farm Center · November 15, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread ILL -2.0 Away covered
O/U 149.5 Under
Money ILL -140 / MARQ +118
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILL win
Actual MARQ +7 135 Lost
Massey ILL -5.1 (-12.1) — —
Massey Totals — 141.5 (-6.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 84% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 86% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML ILL -3.3 (-10.3) 139.8 (-4.8) 59% ✗
Baseline ML ILL -4.9 (-11.9) 138.9 (-3.9) 53% ✗
Baseline Plus ML ILL -5.4 (-12.4) 138.1 (-3.1) 50% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 16, 2021 MARQ 67 – 66 ILL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ILL MARQ
Overall 29-9 27-10
Conference 14-6 14-6
Home 15-3 14-2
Away 6-5 7-5
Neutral 8-1 6-3
Last 5 2-0 2-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 83.4 78.1
Avg Pts Against 73.3 69.8
Massey 3.1 (#114) 8.7 (#31)
Bradley-Terry 0.50 (#132) 0.87 (#92)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.60 (#138) 1.32 (#84)
RPI 0.375 (#244) 0.750 (#27)
Shooting & Four Factors ILL MARQ
FG% 48.7% 53.5%
3PT% 29.8% 40.0%
REB / G 43.0 39.0
OREB / G 9.5 10.0
AST / TO 1.33 2.39
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.9% 62.0%
TOV% 15.7% 12.2%
ORB% 27.5% 29.9%
FT Rate 17.7% 20.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 36.4% 42.6%
Opp TOV% 13.5% 20.2%
DRB% 75.3% 64.4%
Opp FT Rate 11.2% 14.0%

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