You just want to be on the side that's winning. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
Tudor Fieldhouse · December 13, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread RICE -11.5 Home covered
O/U 158.0 Under
Money RICE -700 / UIW +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total RICE win
Actual RICE +23 137 Won
Massey RICE -6.3 (+16.7) — —
Massey Totals — 157.8 (-20.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 86% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 90% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ RICE -7.5 (+15.5) 149.9 (-12.9) 78% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML RICE -5.0 (+18.0) 148.5 (-11.5) 69% ✓
Baseline ML RICE -5.4 (+17.6) 148.9 (-11.9) 71% ✓
Baseline Plus ML RICE -6.2 (+16.8) 151.9 (-14.9) 71% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 16, 2021 RICE 85 – 55 UIW
Nov 27, 2020 RICE 68 – 53 UIW

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RICE UIW
Overall 11-21 8-23
Conference 5-13 3-15
Home 6-10 5-8
Away 5-7 3-14
Neutral 0-4 0-1
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L5 L7
Avg Pts For 71.1 70.8
Avg Pts Against 76.3 79.3
Massey -5.9 (#281) -7.3 (#298)
Bradley-Terry -0.72 (#245) -1.51 (#295)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.93 (#244) -1.94 (#295)
RPI 0.487 (#189) 0.395 (#321)
Shooting & Four Factors RICE UIW
FG% 40.9% 42.4%
3PT% 27.9% 32.0%
REB / G 34.8 35.9
OREB / G 9.5 10.6
AST / TO 1.02 0.80
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.3% 48.9%
TOV% 17.7% 20.4%
ORB% 24.4% 28.7%
FT Rate 24.3% 27.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.7% 51.4%
Opp TOV% 15.4% 16.0%
DRB% 71.9% 69.7%
Opp FT Rate 20.4% 30.4%

Game Analysis

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