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Idaho Vandals
69 – 64
FINAL Conference
Montana State Bobcats
Big Sky Conference · ICCU Arena · January 3, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MTST -1.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money IDHO +100 / MTST -120
Model Predictions
Spread Total IDHO win
Actual IDHO +5 133 Won
Massey MTST -0.2 (+5.2) — —
Massey Totals — 152.7 (-19.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 65% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 57% ✓
Baseline Plus ML IDHO -0.1 (+4.9) 147.9 (-14.9) 54% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ IDHO -0.6 (+4.4) 145.5 (-12.5) 52% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML IDHO -0.6 (+4.4) 148.4 (-15.4) 56% ✓
Baseline ML IDHO -0.1 (+4.9) 149.1 (-16.1) 54% ✓

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
Mar 1, 2024 MTST 62 – 48 IDHO

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IDHO MTST
Overall 14-19 15-18
Conference 8-10 9-9
Home 8-6 11-3
Away 5-11 3-14
Neutral 1-2 1-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.1 70.7
Avg Pts Against 76.6 70.7
Massey -4.7 (#253) -0.3 (#161)
Bradley-Terry -0.78 (#241) -0.63 (#226)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.94 (#236) -0.36 (#195)
RPI 0.476 (#210) 0.474 (#219)
Shooting & Four Factors IDHO MTST
FG% 44.9% 44.4%
3PT% 37.2% 35.7%
REB / G 32.7 30.4
OREB / G 10.1 7.3
AST / TO 0.92 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.5% 52.5%
TOV% 20.7% 16.0%
ORB% 30.4% 21.7%
FT Rate 19.8% 19.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.9% 49.1%
Opp TOV% 15.5% 16.5%
DRB% 65.5% 69.2%
Opp FT Rate 25.7% 29.9%

Game Analysis

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