They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
Denver Pioneers
95 82 OT
FINAL Big Sky-Summit Challenge
Idaho State Bengals
Hamilton Gymnasium · January 4, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread DEN -6.5 Home covered
O/U 149.5 Over
Money DEN -250 / IDST +260
Model Predictions
Spread Total DEN win
Actual DEN +13 177 Won
Massey DEN -13.0 (+0.0)
Massey Totals 157.7 (+19.3)
Bradley-Terry 95%
Weighted B-T 96%
Efficiency Plus ML DEN -9.1 (+3.9) 147.6 (+29.4) 83%
Baseline Tuned ML DEN -10.7 (+2.3) 149.8 (+27.2) 84%
Baseline ML DEN -11.0 (+2.0) 152.7 (+24.3) 83%
Baseline Plus ML DEN -11.7 (+1.3) 150.6 (+26.4) 82%

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 6, 2025 IDST 9379 DEN
Nov 19, 2022 DEN 7069 IDST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DEN IDST
Overall 17-17 14-20
Conference 6-10 7-11
Home 10-4 8-5
Away 4-11 4-13
Neutral 3-2 2-2
Last 5 2-3 0-5
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.5 69.4
Avg Pts Against 82.1 71.8
Massey 2.6 (#129) -5.9 (#277)
Bradley-Terry -0.03 (#181) -2.10 (#324)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.00 (#174) -2.24 (#310)
RPI 0.486 (#196) 0.387 (#341)
Shooting & Four Factors DEN IDST
FG% 43.6% 45.8%
3PT% 36.3% 29.6%
REB / G 38.9 30.1
OREB / G 12.5 9.3
AST / TO 1.41 0.81
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.1% 51.0%
TOV% 12.7% 21.2%
ORB% 32.2% 29.8%
FT Rate 29.7% 20.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.7% 53.0%
Opp TOV% 12.4% 17.0%
DRB% 72.4% 68.8%
Opp FT Rate 20.5% 24.4%

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