In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
LSU Tigers
60 70
FINAL Neutral Conference SEC
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Southeastern Conference · Bridgestone Arena (Neutral) · March 14, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MSST -4.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money LSU +163 / MSST -213
Model Predictions
Spread Total LSU win
Actual MSST +10 130 Lost
Massey MSST -5.1 (-4.9)
Massey Totals 145.3 (-15.3)
Bradley-Terry 36%
Weighted B-T 25%
Baseline ML MSST -4.0 (-6.0) 146.4 (-16.4) 30%
Baseline Plus ML MSST -3.0 (-7.0) 146.0 (-16.0) 32%
Efficiency Plus ML MSST -4.0 (-6.0) 143.9 (-13.9) 31%
Baseline Tuned ML MSST -3.8 (-6.2) 145.1 (-15.1) 37%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 29, 2026 MSST 8066 LSU
Mar 12, 2025 MSST 9162 LSU
Mar 1, 2025 MSST 8169 LSU
Feb 25, 2024 MSST 8767 LSU
Feb 9, 2023 MSST 6453 LSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LSU MSST
Overall 17-16 21-14
Conference 9-9 8-10
Home 12-6 11-4
Away 3-7 2-8
Neutral 2-3 8-2
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 76.4 74.1
Avg Pts Against 75.0 69.1
Massey 6.6 (#87) 11.7 (#44)
Bradley-Terry 1.24 (#83) 1.81 (#48)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.43 (#92) 2.51 (#33)
RPI 0.535 (#110) 0.566 (#59)
Shooting & Four Factors LSU MSST
FG% 45.7% 45.5%
3PT% 35.3% 32.9%
REB / G 35.8 38.7
OREB / G 10.6 12.7
AST / TO 0.90 1.13
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.4% 51.8%
TOV% 18.3% 18.6%
ORB% 31.1% 35.9%
FT Rate 27.9% 24.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.5% 47.9%
Opp TOV% 18.3% 17.7%
DRB% 68.4% 72.5%
Opp FT Rate 25.2% 24.2%

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