Free Nelson Mandela! "Nelson Mandela" - The Specials
J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome · December 16, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread NAU -3.5 Away covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money NAU -150 / SUU +150
Model Predictions
Spread Total NAU win
Actual NAU +2 150 Won
Massey NAU -1.6 (+0.4) — —
Massey Totals — 148.2 (+1.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 95% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 95% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NAU -3.3 (-1.3) 146.5 (+3.5) 64% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NAU -1.4 (+0.6) 143.9 (+6.1) 55% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NAU -3.9 (-1.9) 145.7 (+4.3) 65% ✓
Baseline ML NAU -4.3 (-2.3) 146.9 (+3.1) 65% ✓

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 19, 2025 NAU 65 – 57 SUU
Dec 21, 2024 NAU 83 – 75 SUU
Dec 17, 2022 SUU 106 – 101 NAU
Feb 22, 2022 SUU 79 – 48 NAU
Feb 1, 2022 SUU 78 – 66 NAU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NAU SUU
Overall 14-19 10-21
Conference 7-11 5-15
Home 7-5 6-8
Away 6-12 3-13
Neutral 1-2 1-0
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L3 W1
Avg Pts For 68.6 73.2
Avg Pts Against 76.6 77.8
Massey -4.0 (#249) -0.7 (#181)
Bradley-Terry 1.06 (#97) -0.96 (#274)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.79 (#129) -0.98 (#258)
RPI 0.550 (#108) 0.456 (#251)
Shooting & Four Factors NAU SUU
FG% 43.7% 44.1%
3PT% 30.7% 31.8%
REB / G 31.4 31.2
OREB / G 7.6 10.0
AST / TO 0.99 0.91
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.4% 50.1%
TOV% 19.5% 16.5%
ORB% 21.8% 27.7%
FT Rate 16.6% 23.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 54.8%
Opp TOV% 19.6% 18.1%
DRB% 70.4% 64.6%
Opp FT Rate 33.2% 24.1%

Game Analysis

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