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Mississippi State Bulldogs
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FINAL Neutral Magnolia Madness
Central Michigan Chippewas
Mississippi Coliseum (Neutral) · December 18, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MSST -19.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money MSST -6000 / CMU +1800
Model Predictions
Spread Total MSST win
Actual MSST +24 142 Won
Massey MSST -13.8 (+10.2)
Massey Totals 150.2 (-8.2)
Bradley-Terry 96%
Weighted B-T 99%
Baseline Plus ML MSST -14.8 (+9.2) 146.9 (-4.9) 86%
Baseline ML MSST -13.7 (+10.3) 146.9 (-4.9) 85%
Baseline Tuned ML MSST -14.8 (+9.2) 145.9 (-3.9) 87%
Efficiency Plus ML MSST -18.7 (+5.3) 144.5 (-2.5) 88%

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MSST CMU
Overall 21-13 14-17
Conference 8-10 7-11
Home 10-5 8-6
Away 6-5 6-10
Neutral 5-3 0-1
Last 5 4-1 1-4
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 79.5 72.7
Avg Pts Against 74.2 74.4
Massey 14.8 (#22) 0.9 (#145)
Bradley-Terry 2.88 (#21) -0.32 (#202)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.01 (#18) -0.39 (#198)
RPI 0.612 (#32) 0.514 (#148)
Shooting & Four Factors MSST CMU
FG% 46.6% 43.8%
3PT% 33.7% 29.3%
REB / G 39.3 36.2
OREB / G 13.5 10.8
AST / TO 1.82 0.84
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.4% 50.1%
TOV% 13.2% 22.3%
ORB% 35.4% 31.2%
FT Rate 24.7% 23.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 51.4%
Opp TOV% 21.0% 18.3%
DRB% 72.5% 75.2%
Opp FT Rate 23.8% 32.7%

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