Don't talk to me about your big, big heroes "Kelly's Heroes" - Black Grape
Scheels Center · December 11, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread MONT -2.5 Away covered
O/U 138.5 Over
Money NDSU +130 / MONT -120
Model Predictions
Spread Total NDSU win
Actual MONT +7 157 Lost
Massey MONT -1.1 (-5.9)
Massey Totals 134.4 (+22.6)
Bradley-Terry 38%
Weighted B-T 24%
Efficiency Plus ML NDSU -0.2 (-7.2) 135.6 (+21.4) 50%
Baseline Tuned ML MONT -0.3 (-6.7) 136.5 (+20.5) 47%
Baseline ML MONT -0.5 (-6.5) 137.2 (+19.8) 50%
Baseline Plus ML MONT -0.8 (-6.2) 135.2 (+21.8) 48%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 4, 2025 NDSU 8172 MONT
Jan 4, 2024 MONT 9686 NDSU
Nov 17, 2023 NDSU 7869 MONT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NDSU MONT
Overall 16-17 17-14
Conference 11-7 10-7
Home 9-4 8-4
Away 5-10 6-9
Neutral 2-3 3-1
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.9 69.5
Avg Pts Against 74.4 68.8
Massey -5.7 (#276) 0.7 (#166)
Bradley-Terry -1.85 (#312) -0.30 (#205)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.49 (#312) -0.11 (#185)
RPI 0.472 (#221) 0.483 (#207)
Shooting & Four Factors NDSU MONT
FG% 40.5% 43.0%
3PT% 32.2% 31.0%
REB / G 35.3 31.6
OREB / G 8.1 8.2
AST / TO 0.83 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.6% 49.4%
TOV% 19.5% 19.0%
ORB% 22.1% 26.5%
FT Rate 21.6% 27.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.6% 50.9%
Opp TOV% 12.8% 15.9%
DRB% 77.0% 77.6%
Opp FT Rate 24.2% 32.3%

Game Analysis

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