Really don't mind if you sit this one out. "Thick as a Brick" - Jethro Tull
Mitchell Center · December 8, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread USA -4.5 Away covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money USA -175 / JXST +150
Model Predictions
Spread Total USA win
Actual USA +2 150 Won
Massey USA -2.5 (-0.5)
Massey Totals 138.9 (+11.1)
Bradley-Terry 65%
Weighted B-T 80%
Baseline Plus ML USA -3.8 (-1.8) 138.3 (+11.7) 67%
Baseline ML USA -3.3 (-1.3) 138.2 (+11.8) 64%
Baseline Tuned ML USA -4.3 (-2.3) 137.8 (+12.2) 64%
Efficiency Plus ML USA -2.5 (-0.5) 137.5 (+12.5) 60%

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 20, 2025 USA 7165 JXST
Dec 1, 2023 JXST 7052 USA
Dec 21, 2022 USA 7166 JXST
Dec 5, 2021 USA 7464 JXST
Nov 29, 2020 JXST 7773 USA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings USA JXST
Overall 21-11 23-13
Conference 13-5 12-6
Home 13-4 12-2
Away 8-6 8-8
Neutral 0-1 3-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.1 70.9
Avg Pts Against 65.5 69.3
Massey -0.9 (#177) 1.1 (#144)
Bradley-Terry -0.69 (#237) -0.48 (#216)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.33 (#184) -0.82 (#221)
RPI 0.453 (#255) 0.495 (#180)
Shooting & Four Factors USA JXST
FG% 43.3% 47.8%
3PT% 31.0% 32.5%
REB / G 36.3 38.2
OREB / G 8.7 8.8
AST / TO 1.45 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.3% 53.6%
TOV% 15.1% 15.0%
ORB% 25.6% 27.9%
FT Rate 24.4% 24.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.4% 50.6%
Opp TOV% 18.8% 10.4%
DRB% 72.6% 77.5%
Opp FT Rate 14.3% 16.0%

Game Analysis

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