They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Mississippi State Bulldogs
81 – 74 OT
FINAL SEC/Big 12 Challenge
TCU Horned Frogs
Humphrey Coliseum · January 28, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread TCU -1.5 Home covered
O/U 132.5 Over
Money MSST +100 / TCU -133
Model Predictions
Spread Total MSST win
Actual MSST +7 155 Won
Massey TCU -2.1 (+9.1) — —
Massey Totals — 126.1 (+28.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 27% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 14% ✗
Baseline Plus ML TCU -0.8 (+7.8) 132.1 (+22.9) 47% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ TCU -1.0 (+8.0) 132.1 (+22.9) 51% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML TCU -1.9 (+8.9) 130.1 (+24.9) 37% ✗
Baseline ML TCU -1.0 (+8.0) 131.3 (+23.7) 47% ✗

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 MSST TCU
Overall 21-13 22-13
Conference 8-10 9-9
Home 12-4 13-4
Away 4-6 4-7
Neutral 5-3 5-2
Last 5 0-5 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 65.7 75.3
Avg Pts Against 61.0 68.4
Massey 9.2 (#56) 14.8 (#14)
Bradley-Terry 1.27 (#75) 2.88 (#13)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.56 (#75) 4.10 (#5)
RPI 0.540 (#102) 0.591 (#37)
Shooting & Four Factors MSST TCU
FG% 40.7% 46.4%
3PT% 28.2% 30.0%
REB / G 38.1 37.3
OREB / G 13.5 12.2
AST / TO 1.13 1.35
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.8% 50.8%
TOV% 18.7% 16.9%
ORB% 35.4% 34.5%
FT Rate 20.3% 26.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.8% 45.4%
Opp TOV% 23.9% 23.5%
DRB% 71.2% 68.6%
Opp FT Rate 17.5% 18.6%

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