Hallelujah, here she comes. "Skateaway" - Dire Straits
Iowa State Cyclones
70 – 65
FINAL Neutral Phil Knight Invitational
North Carolina Tar Heels
Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Neutral) · November 25, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread UNC -5.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money ISU +230 / UNC -225
Model Predictions
Spread Total ISU win
Actual ISU +5 135 Won
Massey ISU -1.9 (+3.1) — —
Massey Totals — 141.4 (-6.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 12% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 3% ✗
Baseline Plus ML ISU -1.6 (+3.4) 143.8 (-8.8) 55% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ISU -2.7 (+2.3) 144.0 (-9.0) 64% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ISU -0.9 (+4.1) 141.2 (-6.2) 51% ✓
Baseline ML ISU -1.5 (+3.5) 139.9 (-4.9) 60% ✓

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 ISU UNC
Overall 19-14 20-13
Conference 9-9 11-9
Home 13-3 12-3
Away 3-8 4-7
Neutral 3-3 4-3
Last 5 4-0 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 67.6 76.2
Avg Pts Against 62.6 70.9
Massey 11.3 (#30) 9.3 (#42)
Bradley-Terry 1.15 (#98) 3.11 (#16)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.36 (#114) 4.77 (#15)
RPI 0.471 (#215) 0.696 (#15)
Shooting & Four Factors ISU UNC
FG% 45.6% 48.4%
3PT% 27.4% 33.3%
REB / G 40.0 38.6
OREB / G 15.2 9.4
AST / TO 1.25 1.13
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.6% 54.4%
TOV% 19.1% 14.6%
ORB% 40.1% 29.2%
FT Rate 19.4% 35.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 42.4% 46.7%
Opp TOV% 32.5% 15.8%
DRB% 76.7% 73.4%
Opp FT Rate 30.8% 16.5%

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