Funky Claude was running in and out / pulling kids out the ground "Smoke On the Water" - Deep Purple
Missouri Valley Conference · Curb Event Center Arena · February 23, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread BEL -2.5 Away covered
O/U 153.5 Over
Money BEL -150 / INST +115
Model Predictions
Spread Total BEL win
Actual BEL +1 177 Won
Massey BEL -0.2 (+0.8) — —
Massey Totals — 154.3 (+22.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 68% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 67% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BEL -1.5 (-0.5) 154.9 (+22.1) 56% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BEL -3.3 (-2.3) 156.7 (+20.3) 62% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BEL -1.3 (-0.3) 153.9 (+23.1) 55% ✓
Baseline ML BEL -2.1 (-1.1) 155.3 (+21.7) 55% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 22, 2026 BEL 87 – 70 INST
Dec 30, 2025 INST 81 – 80 BEL
Feb 22, 2025 BEL 77 – 75 INST
Jan 11, 2025 BEL 84 – 79 INST
Feb 1, 2024 INST 78 – 72 BEL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BEL INST
Overall 21-11 23-13
Conference 14-6 13-7
Home 12-2 11-4
Away 7-7 7-6
Neutral 2-2 5-3
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 76.3 78.6
Avg Pts Against 72.5 69.7
Massey 2.8 (#127) 6.2 (#88)
Bradley-Terry 0.62 (#118) 0.50 (#128)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.51 (#130) 0.55 (#126)
RPI 0.553 (#77) 0.527 (#127)
Shooting & Four Factors BEL INST
FG% 46.9% 47.8%
3PT% 39.2% 35.0%
REB / G 32.9 34.2
OREB / G 8.4 7.0
AST / TO 1.26 1.27
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.0% 56.0%
TOV% 17.5% 17.2%
ORB% 25.5% 22.3%
FT Rate 17.7% 24.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.3% 47.4%
Opp TOV% 18.0% 18.5%
DRB% 69.6% 77.2%
Opp FT Rate 18.7% 24.5%

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