But anyone who ever had heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it. "Sweet Jane" - Lou Reed
North Dakota State Bison
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FINAL Big Sky-Summit Challenge
Montana Grizzlies
Scheels Center · January 4, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MONT -1.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Over
Money NDSU +110 / MONT -120
Model Predictions
Spread Total NDSU win
Actual MONT +10 182 Lost
Massey MONT -1.2 (-8.8)
Massey Totals 147.1 (+34.9)
Bradley-Terry 47%
Weighted B-T 38%
Efficiency Plus ML MONT -1.4 (-8.6) 142.4 (+39.6) 39%
Baseline Tuned ML MONT -0.5 (-9.5) 144.1 (+37.9) 47%
Baseline ML MONT -1.2 (-8.8) 144.9 (+37.1) 48%
Baseline Plus ML MONT -0.6 (-9.4) 144.2 (+37.8) 46%

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 4, 2025 NDSU 8172 MONT
Nov 17, 2023 NDSU 7869 MONT
Dec 11, 2022 MONT 8275 NDSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NDSU MONT
Overall 15-17 24-12
Conference 8-8 12-6
Home 10-4 13-3
Away 5-11 8-7
Neutral 0-2 3-2
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 71.9 75.2
Avg Pts Against 76.3 72.5
Massey -4.2 (#250) 1.4 (#148)
Bradley-Terry -0.55 (#234) 0.44 (#142)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.80 (#240) 0.69 (#133)
RPI 0.487 (#191) 0.570 (#73)
Shooting & Four Factors NDSU MONT
FG% 43.6% 43.8%
3PT% 35.6% 28.6%
REB / G 33.3 34.9
OREB / G 9.2 9.6
AST / TO 1.02 1.22
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.8% 48.6%
TOV% 16.5% 15.8%
ORB% 25.8% 27.2%
FT Rate 19.7% 20.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.2% 52.0%
Opp TOV% 14.2% 13.5%
DRB% 71.0% 75.1%
Opp FT Rate 20.8% 26.2%

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