He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
Idaho Vandals
74 – 70
FINAL Conference
Montana State Bobcats
Big Sky Conference · ICCU Arena · January 17, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread MTST -9.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money IDHO +320 / MTST -450
Model Predictions
Spread Total IDHO win
Actual IDHO +4 144 Won
Massey MTST -6.2 (+10.2) — —
Massey Totals — 137.9 (+6.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 16% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 11% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MTST -7.9 (+11.9) 137.3 (+6.7) 21% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MTST -9.3 (+13.3) 134.9 (+9.1) 20% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MTST -7.1 (+11.1) 137.7 (+6.3) 22% ✗
Baseline ML MTST -7.7 (+11.7) 139.4 (+4.6) 24% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 9, 2026 IDHO 78 – 74 MTST
Feb 6, 2026 MTST 73 – 66 IDHO
Jan 10, 2026 IDHO 92 – 89 MTST
Mar 4, 2025 MTST 75 – 60 IDHO
Jan 3, 2025 IDHO 69 – 64 MTST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IDHO MTST
Overall 10-22 25-10
Conference 4-14 15-3
Home 6-10 12-1
Away 4-11 10-5
Neutral 0-1 3-4
Last 5 0-5 4-1
Streak L5 L1
Avg Pts For 69.6 70.8
Avg Pts Against 74.4 67.2
Massey -6.3 (#277) 3.8 (#112)
Bradley-Terry -1.88 (#332) 0.43 (#137)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.21 (#326) 0.67 (#124)
RPI 0.373 (#349) 0.513 (#151)
Shooting & Four Factors IDHO MTST
FG% 46.1% 46.0%
3PT% 31.9% 31.6%
REB / G 29.4 33.0
OREB / G 6.5 7.9
AST / TO 0.90 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.4% 52.0%
TOV% 17.9% 19.3%
ORB% 21.0% 25.1%
FT Rate 26.7% 26.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.2% 48.4%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 19.8%
DRB% 72.8% 74.9%
Opp FT Rate 25.0% 25.5%

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