In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Mississippi State Bulldogs
76 – 64
FINAL Neutral Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off
Washington State Cougars
Mohegan Sun Arena (Neutral) · November 18, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread MSST -7.5 Home covered
O/U 130.0 Over
Money MSST -345 / WSU +270
Model Predictions
Spread Total MSST win
Actual MSST +12 140 Won
Massey MSST -3.7 (+8.3) — —
Massey Totals — 140.4 (-0.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 73% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 72% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MSST -1.9 (+10.1) 140.4 (-0.4) 70% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MSST -2.3 (+9.7) 140.0 (+0.0) 61% ✓
Baseline ML MSST -1.8 (+10.2) 136.4 (+3.6) 59% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MSST -1.6 (+10.4) 139.6 (+0.4) 61% ✓

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 MSST WSU
Overall 21-14 25-10
Conference 8-10 14-6
Home 11-4 15-2
Away 2-8 6-4
Neutral 8-2 4-4
Last 5 3-0 2-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 74.1 73.5
Avg Pts Against 69.1 66.7
Massey 10.5 (#26) 6.8 (#63)
Bradley-Terry 2.41 (#24) 1.43 (#67)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.69 (#23) 2.77 (#40)
RPI 0.972 (#1) 0.559 (#119)
Shooting & Four Factors MSST WSU
FG% 42.9% 54.0%
3PT% 33.0% 33.3%
REB / G 45.0 44.5
OREB / G 12.0 13.5
AST / TO 1.18 1.16
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.8% 58.8%
TOV% 17.6% 18.1%
ORB% 31.0% 42.9%
FT Rate 24.9% 30.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 36.5% 38.9%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 15.7%
DRB% 75.6% 74.7%
Opp FT Rate 24.2% 28.2%

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