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DePaul Blue Demons
80 – 99
FINAL Big East-Big 12 Battle
Iowa State Cyclones
Wintrust Arena · December 2, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread ISU -15.0 Away covered
O/U 135.5 Over
Money DEP +800 / ISU -1400
Model Predictions
Spread Total DEP win
Actual ISU +19 179 Lost
Massey ISU -16.9 (-2.1) — —
Massey Totals — 138.1 (+40.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 18% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 10% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ISU -13.0 (-6.0) 140.4 (+38.6) 14% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ISU -10.2 (-8.8) 137.7 (+41.3) 20% ✓
Baseline ML ISU -11.9 (-7.1) 138.5 (+40.5) 17% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ISU -12.6 (-6.4) 140.7 (+38.3) 16% ✓

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 DEP ISU
Overall 3-29 29-8
Conference 0-20 13-5
Home 3-15 18-0
Away 0-11 5-5
Neutral 0-3 6-3
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L20 L1
Avg Pts For 64.7 75.3
Avg Pts Against 81.8 61.5
Massey -4.7 (#259) 18.4 (#5)
Bradley-Terry -1.99 (#316) 0.78 (#117)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.40 (#297) 1.32 (#104)
RPI 0.465 (#229) 0.501 (#174)
Shooting & Four Factors DEP ISU
FG% 43.6% 47.6%
3PT% 36.2% 31.3%
REB / G 31.8 38.7
OREB / G 8.0 13.1
AST / TO 1.02 1.59
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.9% 52.6%
TOV% 20.0% 14.7%
ORB% 23.5% 37.1%
FT Rate 25.7% 29.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 44.1%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 26.7%
DRB% 66.5% 76.8%
Opp FT Rate 26.7% 26.4%

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