Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Event Center · December 21, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SAM -16.5 Home covered
O/U 162.5 Over
Money AAMU +1300 / SAM -4000
Model Predictions
Spread Total AAMU win
Actual SAM +7 187 Lost
Massey SAM -19.3 (+12.3)
Massey Totals 167.1 (+19.9)
Bradley-Terry 2%
Weighted B-T 1%
Baseline Plus ML SAM -11.0 (+4.0) 158.2 (+28.8) 16%
Baseline ML SAM -12.5 (+5.5) 159.1 (+27.9) 16%
Baseline Tuned ML SAM -11.3 (+4.3) 161.5 (+25.5) 15%
Efficiency Plus ML SAM -12.5 (+5.5) 162.3 (+24.7) 14%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 12, 2023 SAM 11891 AAMU
Nov 18, 2022 SAM 8464 AAMU
Dec 12, 2021 SAM 5250 AAMU
Nov 29, 2020 AAMU 7876 SAM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings AAMU SAM
Overall 10-22 22-11
Conference 6-12 12-6
Home 8-9 13-3
Away 2-12 9-7
Neutral 0-1 0-1
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L4 L3
Avg Pts For 69.3 81.5
Avg Pts Against 79.9 76.8
Massey -18.5 (#361) 5.0 (#96)
Bradley-Terry -3.26 (#356) 1.33 (#80)
W. Bradley-Terry -4.17 (#353) 1.37 (#97)
RPI 0.334 (#360) 0.546 (#104)
Shooting & Four Factors AAMU SAM
FG% 36.6% 47.1%
3PT% 29.4% 38.5%
REB / G 34.2 34.2
OREB / G 14.1 12.6
AST / TO 0.79 1.35
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 42.0% 56.3%
TOV% 20.0% 18.3%
ORB% 33.3% 33.9%
FT Rate 22.3% 19.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.9% 53.7%
Opp TOV% 20.8% 21.9%
DRB% 58.8% 62.4%
Opp FT Rate 35.1% 27.0%

Game Analysis

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