And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Utah State Aggies
84 – 56
FINAL Neutral Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic
Seattle U Redhawks
Stan Sheriff Center (Neutral) · December 22, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread USU -9.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Money USU -500 / SEA +450
Model Predictions
Spread Total USU win
Actual USU +28 140 Won
Massey USU -8.4 (+19.6) — —
Massey Totals — 155.1 (-15.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 78% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 90% ✓
Baseline Plus ML USU -6.9 (+21.1) 153.3 (-13.3) 73% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USU -6.4 (+21.6) 149.7 (-9.7) 73% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML USU -7.4 (+20.6) 151.3 (-11.3) 76% ✓
Baseline ML USU -6.5 (+21.5) 151.4 (-11.4) 73% ✓

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 USU SEA
Overall 26-9 20-12
Conference 13-5 11-7
Home 14-2 12-2
Away 7-4 7-7
Neutral 5-3 1-3
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 77.4 70.3
Avg Pts Against 69.9 70.0
Massey 11.5 (#30) 3.1 (#114)
Bradley-Terry 2.51 (#21) 1.27 (#80)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.52 (#15) 1.27 (#95)
RPI 0.650 (#7) 0.547 (#96)
Shooting & Four Factors USU SEA
FG% 48.8% 41.9%
3PT% 42.7% 33.9%
REB / G 37.4 38.1
OREB / G 7.8 12.8
AST / TO 1.58 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.7% 50.1%
TOV% 16.2% 18.4%
ORB% 24.1% 34.1%
FT Rate 28.8% 21.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.7% 47.4%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 17.6%
DRB% 79.2% 73.0%
Opp FT Rate 22.8% 28.5%

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