Cause now I wanna be your dog. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - Iggy and the Stooges
Truist Arena · December 21, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread NKU -8.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Under
Money NKU -450 / SCST +340
Model Predictions
Spread Total NKU win
Actual NKU +11 105 Won
Massey NKU -3.7 (+7.3)
Massey Totals 131.4 (-26.4)
Bradley-Terry 74%
Weighted B-T 81%
Baseline Plus ML NKU -3.7 (+7.3) 136.0 (-31.0) 67%
Baseline ML NKU -3.8 (+7.2) 136.4 (-31.4) 68%
Baseline Tuned ML NKU -4.6 (+6.4) 135.3 (-30.3) 67%
Efficiency Plus ML NKU -4.4 (+6.6) 136.9 (-31.9) 68%

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 NKU SCST
Overall 17-16 20-13
Conference 11-9 11-3
Home 12-6 10-2
Away 5-10 7-10
Neutral 0-0 3-1
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.6 76.0
Avg Pts Against 72.2 71.5
Massey -3.7 (#231) -3.2 (#219)
Bradley-Terry -0.66 (#233) -0.92 (#265)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.80 (#226) -1.39 (#264)
RPI 0.479 (#212) 0.446 (#276)
Shooting & Four Factors NKU SCST
FG% 42.2% 42.8%
3PT% 29.5% 30.0%
REB / G 31.8 33.7
OREB / G 10.0 12.1
AST / TO 1.10 1.08
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.4% 47.6%
TOV% 18.4% 18.6%
ORB% 28.7% 32.4%
FT Rate 21.4% 25.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.8% 51.9%
Opp TOV% 21.0% 22.1%
DRB% 69.0% 66.5%
Opp FT Rate 19.9% 34.0%

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