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LSU Tigers
77 – 61
FINAL Neutral Cayman Islands Classic
Illinois State Redbirds
John Gray Gymnasium (Neutral) · November 21, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread LSU -13.5 Home covered
O/U 135.5 Over
Money LSU -1000 / ILST +800
Model Predictions
Spread Total LSU win
Actual LSU +16 138 Won
Massey LSU -5.5 (+10.5) — —
Massey Totals — 131.9 (+6.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 79% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 94% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LSU -6.6 (+9.4) 133.8 (+4.2) 71% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LSU -7.9 (+8.1) 133.1 (+4.9) 77% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LSU -4.1 (+11.9) 136.2 (+1.8) 70% ✓
Baseline ML LSU -3.7 (+12.3) 135.1 (+2.9) 69% ✓

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 LSU ILST
Overall 14-19 11-21
Conference 2-16 6-14
Home 10-8 8-7
Away 0-9 3-9
Neutral 4-2 0-5
Last 5 3-0 2-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.6 66.5
Avg Pts Against 70.7 70.5
Massey 2.7 (#128) -2.9 (#231)
Bradley-Terry 0.96 (#104) -0.37 (#208)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.28 (#109) -1.44 (#259)
RPI 0.458 (#228) 0.372 (#299)
Shooting & Four Factors LSU ILST
FG% 44.6% 42.5%
3PT% 40.6% 35.0%
REB / G 38.3 36.0
OREB / G 11.0 9.5
AST / TO 0.93 0.63
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.0% 49.7%
TOV% 20.3% 24.6%
ORB% 31.4% 32.8%
FT Rate 30.1% 34.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.6% 46.4%
Opp TOV% 25.7% 14.4%
DRB% 73.2% 71.6%
Opp FT Rate 20.0% 17.1%

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