In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Illinois State Redbirds
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FINAL Neutral Cancun Challenge
Buffalo Bulls
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (Neutral) · November 24, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread BUF -10.0 Away covered
O/U 151.5 Over
Money ILST +400 / BUF -550
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILST win
Actual BUF +16 196 Lost
Massey BUF -8.5 (-7.5) — —
Massey Totals — 180.2 (+15.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 21% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 8% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BUF -7.7 (-8.3) 161.9 (+34.1) 26% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BUF -6.4 (-9.6) 157.8 (+38.2) 25% ✓
Baseline ML BUF -6.8 (-9.2) 160.2 (+35.8) 28% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BUF -6.1 (-9.9) 163.0 (+33.0) 28% ✓

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 ILST BUF
Overall 13-20 19-11
Conference 5-13 13-6
Home 11-6 9-3
Away 1-11 9-5
Neutral 1-3 1-3
Last 5 2-3 2-2
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 73.7 78.7
Avg Pts Against 75.2 73.6
Massey -3.8 (#246) 4.8 (#88)
Bradley-Terry -1.57 (#296) -0.24 (#196)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.47 (#302) -0.02 (#176)
RPI 0.384 (#303) 0.552 (#109)
Shooting & Four Factors ILST BUF
FG% 41.0% 46.2%
3PT% 31.7% 32.7%
REB / G 40.5 40.2
OREB / G 12.5 11.2
AST / TO 0.67 0.83
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.1% 53.1%
TOV% 17.6% 21.4%
ORB% 31.1% 32.4%
FT Rate 34.5% 22.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.9% 46.0%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 14.1%
DRB% 65.9% 67.4%
Opp FT Rate 26.8% 22.7%

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