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Norfolk State Spartans
84 – 65
FINAL Neutral Sun Bowl Invitational
South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Don Haskins Center (Neutral) · December 22, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread SDST -4.5 Home covered
O/U 141.5 Over
Money NORF +188 / SDST -188
Model Predictions
Spread Total NORF win
Actual NORF +19 149 Won
Massey SDST -2.1 (+21.1) — —
Massey Totals — 139.6 (+9.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 43% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 30% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SDST -0.9 (+19.9) 134.1 (+14.9) 53% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SDST -1.7 (+20.7) 134.5 (+14.5) 43% ✗
Baseline ML SDST -1.9 (+20.9) 134.8 (+14.2) 42% ✗
Baseline Plus ML SDST -1.3 (+20.3) 135.6 (+13.4) 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 NORF SDST
Overall 24-11 22-13
Conference 11-3 12-4
Home 15-0 11-3
Away 6-8 6-5
Neutral 3-3 5-5
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak W2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.6 75.2
Avg Pts Against 68.6 72.0
Massey -2.2 (#208) -0.1 (#174)
Bradley-Terry -0.41 (#221) -0.14 (#194)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.77 (#237) 0.07 (#175)
RPI 0.471 (#217) 0.525 (#138)
Shooting & Four Factors NORF SDST
FG% 40.9% 43.7%
3PT% 31.2% 34.8%
REB / G 31.5 34.2
OREB / G 10.9 9.6
AST / TO 0.88 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.2% 51.0%
TOV% 17.1% 18.0%
ORB% 31.7% 26.8%
FT Rate 33.7% 18.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.2% 49.9%
Opp TOV% 22.5% 17.5%
DRB% 65.1% 68.3%
Opp FT Rate 37.7% 24.1%

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