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Illinois Fighting Illini
98 – 89
FINAL Neutral Jimmy V Classic
Florida Atlantic Owls
Madison Square Garden (Neutral) · December 5, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread FAU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money ILL +110 / FAU -130
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILL win
Actual ILL +9 187 Won
Massey FAU -3.3 (+12.3) — —
Massey Totals — 144.1 (+42.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 31% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 37% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ FAU -2.0 (+11.0) 148.8 (+38.2) 37% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML FAU -1.4 (+10.4) 144.0 (+43.0) 44% ✗
Baseline ML FAU -1.3 (+10.3) 145.5 (+41.5) 51% ✓
Baseline Plus ML FAU -0.4 (+9.4) 144.9 (+42.1) 45% ✗

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 ILL FAU
Overall 29-9 25-9
Conference 14-6 14-4
Home 15-3 13-1
Away 6-5 5-5
Neutral 8-1 7-3
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 83.4 82.0
Avg Pts Against 73.3 73.4
Massey 13.1 (#19) 16.4 (#11)
Bradley-Terry 1.93 (#47) 2.71 (#21)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.16 (#33) 3.67 (#25)
RPI 0.573 (#77) 0.690 (#4)
Shooting & Four Factors ILL FAU
FG% 46.5% 50.7%
3PT% 33.0% 38.4%
REB / G 49.3 38.0
OREB / G 13.7 10.5
AST / TO 0.99 1.36
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.0% 58.2%
TOV% 18.4% 15.3%
ORB% 36.4% 32.6%
FT Rate 14.9% 24.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 37.8% 46.4%
Opp TOV% 13.2% 18.0%
DRB% 76.9% 70.7%
Opp FT Rate 13.5% 19.5%

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