The tide is high, but I'm holding on. "The Tide is High" - Blondie
Kansas State Wildcats
70 73 OT
FINAL Neutral Wildcat Classic
Drake Bulldogs
T-Mobile Center (Neutral) · December 18, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread KSU -1.5 Away covered
O/U 132.5 Over
Money KSU -125 / DRKE +105
Model Predictions
Spread Total KSU win
Actual DRKE +3 143 Lost
Massey DRKE -4.6 (+1.6)
Massey Totals 131.8 (+11.2)
Bradley-Terry 6%
Weighted B-T 2%
Baseline Plus ML DRKE -0.7 (-2.3) 132.0 (+11.0) 38%
Baseline ML DRKE -0.6 (-2.4) 135.8 (+7.2) 31%
Baseline Tuned ML DRKE -1.8 (-1.2) 133.3 (+9.7) 42%
Efficiency Plus ML DRKE -1.3 (-1.7) 132.0 (+11.0) 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

Nov 25, 2020 DRKE 8070 KSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings KSU DRKE
Overall 16-17 31-4
Conference 9-11 17-3
Home 10-5 14-2
Away 3-9 9-1
Neutral 3-3 8-1
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.8 68.5
Avg Pts Against 69.6 60.2
Massey 4.6 (#98) 9.2 (#61)
Bradley-Terry 0.94 (#99) 3.75 (#7)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.52 (#92) 5.48 (#6)
RPI 0.547 (#101) 0.660 (#12)
Shooting & Four Factors KSU DRKE
FG% 47.2% 47.5%
3PT% 37.5% 32.8%
REB / G 36.3 32.6
OREB / G 11.9 10.7
AST / TO 1.37 0.93
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.1% 54.1%
TOV% 17.6% 22.5%
ORB% 35.0% 37.9%
FT Rate 21.2% 36.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.0% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 20.3% 22.4%
DRB% 68.8% 76.1%
Opp FT Rate 19.6% 29.7%

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