And the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation. "Ball of Confusion" - The Temptations
Idaho Vandals
67 – 75
FINAL Big Sky-Summit Challenge
St. Thomas-Minnesota Tommies
ICCU Arena · January 4, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread STMN -4.5 Away covered
O/U 132.5 Over
Money IDHO +188 / STMN -188
Model Predictions
Spread Total IDHO win
Actual STMN +8 142 Lost
Massey STMN -4.3 (-3.7) — —
Massey Totals — 127.8 (+14.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 50% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 38% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ STMN -4.8 (-3.2) 130.7 (+11.3) 28% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML STMN -3.6 (-4.4) 131.9 (+10.1) 32% ✓
Baseline ML STMN -3.6 (-4.4) 133.2 (+8.8) 31% ✓
Baseline Plus ML STMN -3.4 (-4.6) 131.6 (+10.4) 26% ✓

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 IDHO STMN
Overall 11-21 20-13
Conference 5-13 9-7
Home 6-10 12-2
Away 4-10 6-9
Neutral 1-1 2-2
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 66.2 70.4
Avg Pts Against 72.8 65.6
Massey -5.8 (#274) 3.0 (#123)
Bradley-Terry -0.70 (#247) 0.17 (#158)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.03 (#257) 0.45 (#145)
RPI 0.437 (#283) 0.493 (#179)
Shooting & Four Factors IDHO STMN
FG% 42.5% 44.8%
3PT% 33.2% 35.9%
REB / G 31.2 31.2
OREB / G 7.8 8.3
AST / TO 1.08 1.23
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.9% 52.7%
TOV% 16.4% 17.0%
ORB% 22.5% 26.8%
FT Rate 20.0% 19.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.0% 48.1%
Opp TOV% 18.2% 19.2%
DRB% 70.0% 70.6%
Opp FT Rate 27.1% 24.0%

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