And with the way you look I understand you're not impressed. "Alison" - Elvis Costello
Mississippi State Bulldogs
106 – 76
FINAL Neutral Holiday Hoopsgiving
Tulane Green Wave
State Farm Arena (Neutral) · December 9, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread MSST -6.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Over
Money MSST -290 / TULN +240
Model Predictions
Spread Total MSST win
Actual MSST +30 182 Won
Massey MSST -2.4 (+27.6) — —
Massey Totals — 145.0 (+37.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 65% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 88% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MSST -4.5 (+25.5) 146.1 (+35.9) 66% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MSST -2.8 (+27.2) 140.6 (+41.4) 58% ✓
Baseline ML MSST -2.2 (+27.8) 141.2 (+40.8) 57% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MSST -2.4 (+27.6) 146.3 (+35.7) 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 MSST TULN
Overall 21-14 14-17
Conference 8-10 5-13
Home 11-4 11-6
Away 2-8 2-8
Neutral 8-2 1-3
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 74.1 81.5
Avg Pts Against 69.1 80.6
Massey 9.8 (#45) 7.4 (#63)
Bradley-Terry 2.03 (#43) 1.41 (#72)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.81 (#22) 1.83 (#77)
RPI 0.620 (#33) 0.537 (#121)
Shooting & Four Factors MSST TULN
FG% 41.4% 53.1%
3PT% 29.2% 31.0%
REB / G 41.9 31.3
OREB / G 12.2 5.3
AST / TO 0.97 1.10
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.0% 58.3%
TOV% 19.7% 15.2%
ORB% 33.0% 18.2%
FT Rate 25.2% 44.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 41.5% 49.0%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 21.9%
DRB% 75.5% 66.9%
Opp FT Rate 21.4% 19.3%

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