Oh workers can you stand it, oh tell me how you can? Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? "Which Side Are You On?" - Pete Seeger
Montana Grizzlies
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FINAL Big Sky-Summit Challenge
South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Dahlberg Arena · December 5, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MONT -0.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money MONT -105 / SDST -115
Model Predictions
Spread Total MONT win
Actual MONT +4 138 Won
Massey SDST -1.5 (+5.5)
Massey Totals 153.4 (-15.4)
Bradley-Terry 86%
Weighted B-T 89%
Baseline Plus ML MONT -1.0 (+3.0) 150.2 (-12.2) 59%
Baseline ML MONT -1.2 (+2.8) 149.3 (-11.3) 58%
Baseline Tuned ML MONT -2.0 (+2.0) 148.0 (-10.0) 58%
Efficiency Plus ML MONT -0.5 (+3.5) 149.0 (-11.0) 57%

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 7, 2022 MONT 8156 SDST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MONT SDST
Overall 25-10 20-12
Conference 15-3 11-5
Home 15-1 13-1
Away 7-8 4-8
Neutral 3-1 3-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 75.2 79.0
Avg Pts Against 75.0 75.1
Massey -2.2 (#203) 4.3 (#102)
Bradley-Terry 1.66 (#65) 0.78 (#108)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.83 (#60) 1.80 (#84)
RPI 0.601 (#47) 0.505 (#158)
Shooting & Four Factors MONT SDST
FG% 42.8% 47.7%
3PT% 27.9% 35.3%
REB / G 33.5 40.7
OREB / G 9.7 10.3
AST / TO 0.76 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.5% 54.4%
TOV% 20.0% 17.9%
ORB% 27.5% 30.8%
FT Rate 29.6% 27.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.5% 47.0%
Opp TOV% 15.0% 13.5%
DRB% 65.9% 77.5%
Opp FT Rate 26.9% 22.1%

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