In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Sun Belt Conference · Holmes Convocation Center · January 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread APP -1.5 Home covered
O/U 133.5 Under
Money APP -125 / TXST +105
Model Predictions
Spread Total APP win
Actual APP +11 133 Won
Massey TXST -1.0 (+12.0)
Massey Totals 128.4 (+4.6)
Bradley-Terry 49%
Weighted B-T 48%
Efficiency Plus ML APP -0.6 (+10.4) 132.0 (+1.0) 56%
Baseline Tuned ML TXST -1.3 (+12.3) 131.7 (+1.3) 45%
Baseline ML TXST -1.6 (+12.6) 132.4 (+0.6) 46%
Baseline Plus ML TXST -1.0 (+12.0) 131.9 (+1.1) 50%

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 28, 2026 TXST 6057 APP
Feb 8, 2024 TXST 6356 APP
Feb 16, 2023 APP 8275 TXST
Feb 3, 2022 TXST 6866 APP
Mar 7, 2021 APP 7673 TXST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings APP TXST
Overall 17-14 16-16
Conference 10-8 9-9
Home 10-4 10-4
Away 5-8 4-10
Neutral 2-2 2-2
Last 5 0-5 2-3
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 65.8 74.7
Avg Pts Against 64.6 74.5
Massey -4.1 (#235) 1.0 (#141)
Bradley-Terry -0.81 (#246) 0.00 (#168)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.10 (#246) -0.16 (#178)
RPI 0.467 (#234) 0.507 (#158)
Shooting & Four Factors APP TXST
FG% 42.5% 46.4%
3PT% 32.5% 36.1%
REB / G 34.6 36.1
OREB / G 9.7 10.7
AST / TO 0.88 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.3% 51.1%
TOV% 19.7% 19.0%
ORB% 28.4% 33.4%
FT Rate 24.1% 32.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.2% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 15.8% 15.6%
DRB% 68.0% 70.8%
Opp FT Rate 18.1% 29.5%

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