The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot / A little drop of claret - anything that rocks "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
The Pit · December 18, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread UNM -3.0 Home covered
O/U 152.0 Over
Money UNM -155 / IONA +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total UNM win
Actual UNM +8 156 Won
Massey UNM -2.4 (+5.6) — —
Massey Totals — 147.3 (+8.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 97% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 99% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UNM -6.0 (+2.0) 147.2 (+8.8) 70% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UNM -2.9 (+5.1) 146.2 (+9.8) 63% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UNM -5.4 (+2.6) 146.2 (+9.8) 69% ✓
Baseline ML UNM -6.5 (+1.5) 145.3 (+10.7) 71% ✓

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 UNM IONA
Overall 22-12 27-8
Conference 8-10 17-3
Home 15-5 11-1
Away 5-6 8-4
Neutral 2-1 8-3
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 80.2 76.0
Avg Pts Against 74.6 65.6
Massey 9.8 (#50) 12.3 (#29)
Bradley-Terry 4.21 (#4) 1.69 (#56)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.82 (#4) 2.09 (#64)
RPI 0.639 (#17) 0.604 (#39)
Shooting & Four Factors UNM IONA
FG% 48.0% 47.0%
3PT% 34.1% 35.6%
REB / G 37.6 34.9
OREB / G 10.0 10.7
AST / TO 1.42 1.71
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 52.3%
TOV% 14.7% 14.3%
ORB% 29.8% 29.7%
FT Rate 34.1% 16.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.8% 45.1%
Opp TOV% 20.8% 23.8%
DRB% 74.9% 67.3%
Opp FT Rate 17.4% 21.2%

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