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Belmont Bruins
93 78
FINAL Conference
Missouri State Bears
Missouri Valley Conference · Curb Event Center Arena · February 24, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread BEL -7.5 Home covered
O/U 153.5 Over
Money BEL -350 / MOST +250
Model Predictions
Spread Total BEL win
Actual BEL +15 171 Won
Massey BEL -4.2 (+10.8)
Massey Totals 153.0 (+18.0)
Bradley-Terry 72%
Weighted B-T 77%
Baseline ML BEL -4.2 (+10.8) 150.7 (+20.3) 76%
Baseline Plus ML BEL -4.5 (+10.5) 151.7 (+19.3) 71%
Efficiency Plus ML BEL -2.7 (+12.3) 150.3 (+20.7) 72%
Baseline Tuned ML BEL -4.6 (+10.4) 149.4 (+21.6) 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 27, 2025 BEL 7465 MOST
Feb 8, 2025 BEL 8568 MOST
Feb 3, 2024 MOST 8780 BEL
Feb 9, 2023 MOST 6159 BEL
Jan 7, 2023 BEL 7461 MOST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BEL MOST
Overall 20-13 17-16
Conference 12-8 8-12
Home 12-2 9-5
Away 6-9 4-10
Neutral 2-2 4-1
Last 5 4-1 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.4 71.2
Avg Pts Against 76.1 71.3
Massey 1.6 (#141) 0.7 (#153)
Bradley-Terry 0.69 (#119) 0.35 (#144)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.87 (#120) 0.37 (#147)
RPI 0.546 (#99) 0.503 (#172)
Shooting & Four Factors BEL MOST
FG% 47.1% 43.9%
3PT% 36.8% 31.6%
REB / G 33.2 38.9
OREB / G 7.1 10.0
AST / TO 1.19 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.6% 49.9%
TOV% 17.3% 17.2%
ORB% 21.7% 28.6%
FT Rate 23.1% 23.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.0% 48.2%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 13.0%
DRB% 72.4% 75.2%
Opp FT Rate 19.6% 17.9%

Game Analysis

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