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Utah State Aggies
83 – 60
FINAL Neutral Cayman Islands Classic
Marshall Thundering Herd
John Gray Gymnasium (Neutral) · November 19, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread USU -4.5 Home covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money USU -175 / MRSH +188
Model Predictions
Spread Total USU win
Actual USU +23 143 Won
Massey USU -3.0 (+20.0) — —
Massey Totals — 154.0 (-11.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 69% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 74% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USU -2.7 (+20.3) 152.6 (-9.6) 63% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML USU -1.2 (+21.8) 147.5 (-4.5) 55% ✓
Baseline ML USU -1.1 (+21.9) 150.2 (-7.2) 52% ✓
Baseline Plus ML USU -0.7 (+22.3) 153.3 (-10.3) 54% ✓

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 USU MRSH
Overall 28-7 13-20
Conference 14-4 7-11
Home 14-1 8-7
Away 8-4 3-9
Neutral 6-2 2-4
Last 5 1-1 1-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.9 72.9
Avg Pts Against 72.6 76.9
Massey 2.8 (#119) -0.2 (#188)
Bradley-Terry 0.12 (#166) -0.67 (#233)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.11 (#169) -0.93 (#228)
RPI 0.465 (#217) 0.406 (#270)
Shooting & Four Factors USU MRSH
FG% 46.3% 41.0%
3PT% 29.2% 26.7%
REB / G 42.5 41.5
OREB / G 10.0 14.0
AST / TO 1.42 1.50
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.0% 45.3%
TOV% 16.1% 12.2%
ORB% 25.6% 30.8%
FT Rate 25.2% 18.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.4% 44.3%
Opp TOV% 13.8% 22.0%
DRB% 82.3% 63.2%
Opp FT Rate 19.0% 17.6%

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