In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Ball State Cardinals
83 – 69
FINAL Neutral Indy Classic
Illinois State Redbirds
Gainbridge Fieldhouse (Neutral) · December 17, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread BALL -3.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money BALL -150 / ILST +150
Model Predictions
Spread Total BALL win
Actual BALL +14 152 Won
Massey BALL -7.4 (+6.6) — —
Massey Totals — 139.3 (+12.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 63% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 78% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BALL -5.3 (+8.7) 138.3 (+13.7) 72% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BALL -4.0 (+10.0) 139.2 (+12.8) 67% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BALL -5.1 (+8.9) 141.7 (+10.3) 70% ✓
Baseline ML BALL -4.7 (+9.3) 142.9 (+9.1) 68% ✓

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 18, 2021 ILST 85 – 64 BALL
Dec 13, 2020 BALL 82 – 66 ILST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BALL ILST
Overall 20-12 11-21
Conference 11-7 6-14
Home 12-2 8-7
Away 6-7 3-9
Neutral 2-3 0-5
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 75.0 66.5
Avg Pts Against 72.7 70.5
Massey 2.4 (#123) -5.0 (#259)
Bradley-Terry 0.10 (#170) -0.42 (#224)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.31 (#155) -0.97 (#248)
RPI 0.478 (#213) 0.470 (#228)
Shooting & Four Factors BALL ILST
FG% 45.6% 43.3%
3PT% 39.3% 33.7%
REB / G 33.5 33.5
OREB / G 11.1 8.8
AST / TO 0.93 0.77
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.2% 50.6%
TOV% 19.2% 21.7%
ORB% 33.5% 28.9%
FT Rate 32.9% 30.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.1% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 19.9% 15.5%
DRB% 67.0% 70.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.8% 23.1%

Game Analysis

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