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St. John's Red Storm
88 71
FINAL Big 12-Big East Battle
Kansas State Wildcats
Carnesecca Arena · December 7, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SJU -9.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money SJU -575 / KSU +420
Model Predictions
Spread Total SJU win
Actual SJU +17 159 Won
Massey SJU -12.6 (+4.4)
Massey Totals 157.1 (+1.9)
Bradley-Terry 77%
Weighted B-T 90%
Baseline Plus ML SJU -12.9 (+4.1) 151.1 (+7.9) 82%
Baseline ML SJU -11.1 (+5.9) 151.0 (+8.0) 80%
Baseline Tuned ML SJU -12.0 (+5.0) 150.5 (+8.5) 83%
Efficiency Plus ML SJU -11.0 (+6.0) 152.3 (+6.7) 81%

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 SJU KSU
Overall 31-5 16-17
Conference 18-2 9-11
Home 19-0 10-5
Away 8-2 3-9
Neutral 4-3 3-3
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.5 70.8
Avg Pts Against 65.8 69.6
Massey 12.6 (#35) 4.8 (#94)
Bradley-Terry 1.57 (#67) 1.25 (#79)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.20 (#48) 1.96 (#75)
RPI 0.577 (#62) 0.548 (#97)
Shooting & Four Factors SJU KSU
FG% 47.7% 49.0%
3PT% 33.7% 38.2%
REB / G 41.1 35.9
OREB / G 13.6 11.9
AST / TO 1.28 1.38
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.8% 57.2%
TOV% 18.0% 18.6%
ORB% 38.1% 36.8%
FT Rate 23.6% 21.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.3% 48.0%
Opp TOV% 21.7% 21.7%
DRB% 70.5% 69.3%
Opp FT Rate 19.1% 19.4%

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