But anyone who ever had heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it. "Sweet Jane" - Lou Reed
Southern Illinois Salukis
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FINAL Neutral Conference MVC
Missouri State Bears
Missouri Valley Conference · Enterprise Center (Neutral) · March 4, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread SIU -3.0 Push
O/U 121.5 Under
Money SIU -170 / MOST +143
Model Predictions
Spread Total SIU win
Actual SIU +3 105 Won
Massey SIU -1.0 (+2.0)
Massey Totals 115.0 (-10.0)
Bradley-Terry 66%
Weighted B-T 63%
Baseline Plus ML SIU -1.0 (+2.0) 125.1 (-20.1) 57%
Efficiency Plus ML MOST -0.1 (+3.1) 123.3 (-18.3) 59%
Baseline Tuned ML SIU -0.9 (+2.1) 122.4 (-17.4) 59%
Baseline ML SIU -0.9 (+2.1) 123.9 (-18.9) 61%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 16, 2025 SIU 7351 MOST
Jan 12, 2025 SIU 8878 MOST
Feb 1, 2024 MOST 7675 SIU
Feb 5, 2023 SIU 7353 MOST
Jan 21, 2023 SIU 6157 MOST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SIU MOST
Overall 23-10 17-15
Conference 14-6 12-8
Home 13-2 10-4
Away 8-6 5-8
Neutral 2-2 2-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 65.0 65.0
Avg Pts Against 61.7 63.7
Massey 2.4 (#133) 1.4 (#139)
Bradley-Terry 0.93 (#92) 0.29 (#145)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.75 (#118) 0.21 (#155)
RPI 0.553 (#77) 0.533 (#115)
Shooting & Four Factors SIU MOST
FG% 44.7% 43.2%
3PT% 32.3% 33.1%
REB / G 31.6 34.8
OREB / G 6.8 11.3
AST / TO 1.09 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 50.4%
TOV% 19.4% 18.9%
ORB% 22.6% 33.1%
FT Rate 22.2% 17.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.7% 49.4%
Opp TOV% 19.5% 18.6%
DRB% 72.9% 73.1%
Opp FT Rate 19.4% 21.7%

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