I remember one night the kid cut off his right arm in a bid to save a bit of power. "So It Goes" - Nick Lowe
Saint Louis Billikens
75 – 58
FINAL Cancun Challenge
Mercer Bears
Chaifetz Arena · November 20, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread SLU -10.5 Home covered
O/U 141.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total SLU win
Actual SLU +17 133 Won
Massey SLU -18.8 (-1.8) — —
Massey Totals — 148.7 (-15.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 94% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 97% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SLU -18.3 (-1.3) 148.0 (-15.0) 89% ✓
Baseline ML SLU -22.7 (-5.7) 150.5 (-17.5) 90% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SLU -22.6 (-5.6) 149.4 (-16.4) 90% ✓

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SLU MER
Overall 23-12 16-17
Conference 12-6 8-10
Home 14-5 10-4
Away 5-6 4-11
Neutral 4-1 2-2
Last 5 2-1 0-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 74.7 69.6
Avg Pts Against 68.3 71.9
Massey 9.5 (#29) -0.5 (#183)
Bradley-Terry -0.08 (#185) -0.87 (#254)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.22 (#190) -1.02 (#245)
RPI 0.463 (#225) 0.312 (#327)
Shooting & Four Factors SLU MER
FG% 43.5% 47.8%
3PT% 28.8% 40.7%
REB / G 45.7 31.5
OREB / G 18.3 7.0
AST / TO 1.26 0.94
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.4% 57.4%
TOV% 15.2% 23.4%
ORB% 41.7% 20.9%
FT Rate 24.8% 12.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.0% 58.0%
Opp TOV% 27.6% 18.3%
DRB% 75.9% 74.2%
Opp FT Rate 25.0% 20.2%

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