They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Reed Green Coliseum · December 5, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread USM -4.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money USM -210 / ALST +175
Model Predictions
Spread Total USM win
Actual USM +17 145 Won
Massey ALST -0.6 (+17.6)
Massey Totals 159.1 (-14.1)
Bradley-Terry 63%
Weighted B-T 60%
Baseline Plus ML USM -0.8 (+16.2) 152.1 (-7.1) 59%
Baseline ML USM -1.1 (+15.9) 151.6 (-6.6) 57%
Baseline Tuned ML USM -1.1 (+15.9) 150.7 (-5.7) 52%
Efficiency Plus ML USM -0.8 (+16.2) 152.6 (-7.6) 61%

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 USM ALST
Overall 11-22 20-16
Conference 5-13 12-6
Home 9-6 8-3
Away 1-13 6-10
Neutral 1-3 6-3
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.9 71.9
Avg Pts Against 76.5 72.7
Massey -8.5 (#311) -2.9 (#216)
Bradley-Terry -1.32 (#286) -0.92 (#257)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.18 (#291) -1.57 (#264)
RPI 0.388 (#329) 0.480 (#208)
Shooting & Four Factors USM ALST
FG% 41.0% 39.5%
3PT% 33.6% 33.5%
REB / G 31.2 34.1
OREB / G 10.8 10.0
AST / TO 0.88 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.6% 47.2%
TOV% 20.2% 14.2%
ORB% 28.6% 24.8%
FT Rate 26.4% 24.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 58.0% 53.0%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 15.7%
DRB% 65.4% 63.5%
Opp FT Rate 29.5% 30.1%

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