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Northern Kentucky Norse
88 – 73
FINAL NKU Thanksgiving Tournament
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders
Truist Arena · November 22, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread NKU -7.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money NKU -300 / AMCC +300
Model Predictions
Spread Total NKU win
Actual NKU +15 161 Won
Massey NKU -5.0 (+10.0) — —
Massey Totals — 145.5 (+15.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 72% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 80% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NKU -3.8 (+11.2) 138.0 (+23.0) 76% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NKU -3.2 (+11.8) 141.0 (+20.0) 65% ✓
Baseline ML NKU -3.5 (+11.5) 140.7 (+20.3) 66% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NKU -4.2 (+10.8) 140.5 (+20.5) 71% ✓

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 NKU AMCC
Overall 18-15 21-12
Conference 12-8 14-4
Home 12-3 13-2
Away 6-11 8-7
Neutral 0-1 0-3
Last 5 0-3 0-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 73.9 71.7
Avg Pts Against 73.8 68.9
Massey -2.3 (#222) 0.3 (#168)
Bradley-Terry -0.97 (#261) -0.33 (#206)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.99 (#233) -0.28 (#191)
RPI 0.456 (#231) 0.612 (#57)
Shooting & Four Factors NKU AMCC
FG% 40.4% 35.2%
3PT% 19.6% 31.6%
REB / G 34.7 37.0
OREB / G 14.0 13.0
AST / TO 0.87 0.50
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 43.3% 39.8%
TOV% 19.0% 23.3%
ORB% 36.8% 29.2%
FT Rate 20.2% 9.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.4% 47.5%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 17.9%
DRB% 61.4% 60.8%
Opp FT Rate 25.0% 33.1%

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