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
Sun Belt Conference · First National Bank Arena · February 24, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ARST -8.5 Home covered
O/U 153.5 Over
Money ARST -350 / USA +250
Model Predictions
Spread Total ARST win
Actual ARST +17 173 Won
Massey ARST -8.0 (+9.0) — —
Massey Totals — 157.4 (+15.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 73% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 79% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ARST -5.3 (+11.7) 153.8 (+19.2) 73% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ARST -5.4 (+11.6) 157.5 (+15.5) 69% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ARST -6.1 (+10.9) 156.3 (+16.7) 76% ✓
Baseline ML ARST -5.1 (+11.9) 155.7 (+17.3) 73% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 14, 2026 USA 92 – 88 ARST
Jan 16, 2026 USA 91 – 87 ARST
Mar 9, 2025 ARST 74 – 71 USA
Feb 20, 2025 USA 60 – 56 ARST
Jan 10, 2025 USA 76 – 62 ARST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ARST USA
Overall 20-17 16-16
Conference 11-7 8-10
Home 10-3 11-6
Away 5-11 5-9
Neutral 5-3 0-1
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.8 73.4
Avg Pts Against 77.0 75.9
Massey 0.8 (#151) -3.9 (#232)
Bradley-Terry -0.09 (#177) -0.48 (#217)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.09 (#162) -0.53 (#217)
RPI 0.499 (#178) 0.473 (#234)
Shooting & Four Factors ARST USA
FG% 44.4% 44.3%
3PT% 35.7% 34.9%
REB / G 37.9 33.2
OREB / G 12.8 8.1
AST / TO 1.23 0.92
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.4% 50.7%
TOV% 16.9% 16.3%
ORB% 34.0% 23.3%
FT Rate 24.1% 23.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 50.5%
Opp TOV% 14.1% 16.9%
DRB% 69.7% 68.0%
Opp FT Rate 28.6% 23.8%

Game Analysis

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