So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Fari! "By the RIvers of Babylon"-The Melodians
UTEP Miners
46 – 47
FINAL Sun Bowl Invitational
Kent State Golden Flashes
Don Haskins Center · December 23, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread KENT -6.5 Home covered
O/U 133.5 Under
Money UTEP +275 / KENT -275
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTEP win
Actual KENT +1 93 Lost
Massey KENT -11.7 (+10.7) — —
Massey Totals — 136.3 (-43.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 35% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 20% ✓
Baseline Plus ML KENT -7.0 (+6.0) 138.3 (-45.3) 25% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ KENT -7.1 (+6.1) 137.1 (-44.1) 25% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML KENT -6.9 (+5.9) 136.9 (-43.9) 22% ✓
Baseline ML KENT -7.2 (+6.2) 136.9 (-43.9) 24% ✓

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 UTEP KENT
Overall 14-18 28-7
Conference 7-13 15-3
Home 11-7 15-0
Away 3-10 9-6
Neutral 0-1 4-1
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 66.9 75.2
Avg Pts Against 69.4 66.5
Massey -3.2 (#237) 13.3 (#18)
Bradley-Terry 0.69 (#113) 2.17 (#33)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.64 (#125) 3.06 (#26)
RPI 0.509 (#162) 0.592 (#43)
Shooting & Four Factors UTEP KENT
FG% 45.8% 43.6%
3PT% 24.5% 34.6%
REB / G 33.9 34.6
OREB / G 9.4 9.7
AST / TO 0.78 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.5% 50.3%
TOV% 21.6% 17.4%
ORB% 27.5% 26.7%
FT Rate 30.7% 20.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.4% 44.2%
Opp TOV% 23.1% 24.3%
DRB% 66.5% 68.4%
Opp FT Rate 28.3% 29.1%

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