And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Drake Bulldogs
58 – 52
FINAL Neutral Battle in the Vault
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Pinnacle Bank Arena (Neutral) · December 20, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread MSST -5.0 Home covered
O/U 128.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total DRKE win
Actual DRKE +6 110 Won
Massey MSST -9.1 (+15.1) — —
Massey Totals — 118.7 (-8.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 5% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 2% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MSST -7.5 (+13.5) 129.9 (-19.9) 28% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MSST -6.8 (+12.8) 126.3 (-16.3) 27% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MSST -8.7 (+14.7) 130.2 (-20.2) 21% ✗
Baseline ML MSST -7.2 (+13.2) 129.2 (-19.2) 27% ✗

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 DRKE MSST
Overall 27-8 21-13
Conference 15-5 8-10
Home 14-1 12-4
Away 6-6 4-6
Neutral 7-1 5-3
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 73.3 65.7
Avg Pts Against 64.4 61.0
Massey 2.2 (#126) 11.3 (#37)
Bradley-Terry 0.95 (#106) 3.85 (#6)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.04 (#111) 5.19 (#5)
RPI 0.567 (#72) 0.590 (#48)
Shooting & Four Factors DRKE MSST
FG% 45.6% 43.0%
3PT% 32.6% 30.0%
REB / G 33.9 40.7
OREB / G 7.3 14.5
AST / TO 1.09 1.32
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.7% 48.5%
TOV% 16.2% 18.5%
ORB% 21.9% 39.3%
FT Rate 25.9% 20.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.5% 41.6%
Opp TOV% 19.1% 24.8%
DRB% 75.1% 72.2%
Opp FT Rate 22.7% 13.5%

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