And of all my friends, you've been the best to me. / Soon will be the day when I repay you handsomely. "Rush" - Big Audio Dynamite
Schar Center · December 29, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread ELON -5.0 Away covered
O/U 145.0 Over
Money ELON -205 / VAL +170
Model Predictions
Spread Total ELON win
Actual ELON +4 160 Won
Massey ELON -6.4 (-2.4) — —
Massey Totals — 143.7 (+16.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 90% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 90% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ELON -3.8 (+0.2) 142.6 (+17.4) 64% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ELON -5.3 (-1.3) 140.8 (+19.2) 70% ✓
Baseline ML ELON -6.2 (-2.2) 139.9 (+20.1) 72% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ELON -6.0 (-2.0) 141.5 (+18.5) 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 18, 2022 VAL 71 – 66 ELON

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ELON VAL
Overall 13-19 7-25
Conference 6-12 3-17
Home 8-6 6-11
Away 3-11 1-13
Neutral 2-2 0-1
Last 5 1-4 0-5
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.3 66.5
Avg Pts Against 76.2 76.0
Massey -6.8 (#289) -8.8 (#313)
Bradley-Terry -0.46 (#231) -1.75 (#308)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.85 (#245) -1.99 (#296)
RPI 0.477 (#219) 0.418 (#302)
Shooting & Four Factors ELON VAL
FG% 43.4% 38.5%
3PT% 37.4% 27.2%
REB / G 33.9 34.5
OREB / G 9.9 10.9
AST / TO 0.98 1.10
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.1% 43.4%
TOV% 18.3% 16.2%
ORB% 29.1% 27.6%
FT Rate 26.3% 17.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.3% 50.4%
Opp TOV% 14.7% 19.0%
DRB% 68.0% 65.4%
Opp FT Rate 22.6% 18.5%

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