Twenty-one years in captivity / His shoes too small to fit his feet "Nelson Mandela" - The Specials
North Dakota State Bison
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FINAL Big Sky-Summit Challenge
Northern Colorado Bears
Scheels Center · December 8, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread NDSU -1.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Over
Money NDSU -130 / UNCO +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total NDSU win
Actual NDSU +12 152 Won
Massey NDSU -3.8 (+8.2)
Massey Totals 161.2 (-9.2)
Bradley-Terry 58%
Weighted B-T 42%
Baseline Plus ML NDSU -4.7 (+7.3) 153.9 (-1.9) 71%
Baseline ML NDSU -3.8 (+8.2) 153.1 (-1.1) 70%
Baseline Tuned ML NDSU -3.9 (+8.1) 153.5 (-1.5) 66%
Efficiency Plus ML NDSU -2.2 (+9.8) 153.0 (-1.0) 64%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 26, 2022 UNCO 8070 NDSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NDSU UNCO
Overall 21-11 25-10
Conference 10-6 15-3
Home 11-4 13-2
Away 8-6 9-7
Neutral 2-1 3-1
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 80.7 79.4
Avg Pts Against 76.0 74.5
Massey 0.9 (#147) 1.6 (#139)
Bradley-Terry -0.02 (#173) 0.48 (#130)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.12 (#175) 1.13 (#105)
RPI 0.461 (#239) 0.545 (#108)
Shooting & Four Factors NDSU UNCO
FG% 44.6% 47.5%
3PT% 39.8% 32.8%
REB / G 34.1 35.6
OREB / G 8.9 9.9
AST / TO 1.40 1.26
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.8% 54.1%
TOV% 16.1% 16.2%
ORB% 26.1% 27.7%
FT Rate 20.8% 17.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.6% 53.0%
Opp TOV% 10.2% 14.6%
DRB% 70.1% 72.9%
Opp FT Rate 17.4% 26.8%

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