They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Metro Conference · Knott Arena · February 11, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread SIE -4.5 Away covered
O/U 126.5 Over
Money MSM +180 / SIE -175
Model Predictions
Spread Total MSM win
Actual SIE +7 137 Lost
Massey SIE -2.9 (-4.1) — —
Massey Totals — 130.0 (+7.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 29% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 23% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SIE -3.6 (-3.4) 130.3 (+6.7) 38% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SIE -3.8 (-3.2) 127.3 (+9.7) 38% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SIE -3.4 (-3.6) 130.5 (+6.5) 38% ✓
Baseline ML SIE -2.8 (-4.2) 131.8 (+5.2) 38% ✓

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 8, 2026 SIE 63 – 58 MSM
Jan 11, 2026 SIE 67 – 50 MSM
Mar 2, 2025 MSM 85 – 79 SIE
Jan 24, 2025 SIE 82 – 68 MSM
Feb 4, 2024 MSM 68 – 61 SIE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MSM SIE
Overall 13-20 17-15
Conference 8-12 11-9
Home 5-9 8-5
Away 7-10 7-8
Neutral 1-1 2-2
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 63.8 68.6
Avg Pts Against 67.9 67.2
Massey -6.2 (#281) 0.3 (#159)
Bradley-Terry -1.54 (#312) -0.01 (#172)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.87 (#311) 0.07 (#163)
RPI 0.435 (#295) 0.500 (#175)
Shooting & Four Factors MSM SIE
FG% 41.7% 44.3%
3PT% 36.5% 36.0%
REB / G 33.1 34.5
OREB / G 9.8 9.7
AST / TO 0.89 0.94
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.9% 50.2%
TOV% 21.9% 19.7%
ORB% 29.1% 30.2%
FT Rate 17.7% 25.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.3% 49.1%
Opp TOV% 19.4% 18.2%
DRB% 69.2% 74.6%
Opp FT Rate 20.9% 22.5%

Game Analysis

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