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Michigan State Spartans
58 – 75
FINAL Neutral Battle 4 Atlantis
Baylor Bears
Imperial Arena (Neutral) · November 26, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread BAY -5.5 Away covered
O/U 137.0 Under
Money MSU +230 / BAY -270
Model Predictions
Spread Total MSU win
Actual BAY +17 133 Lost
Massey BAY -0.2 (-16.8) — —
Massey Totals — 136.4 (-3.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 44% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 25% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BAY -2.4 (-14.6) 137.7 (-4.7) 34% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BAY -0.4 (-16.6) 135.1 (-2.1) 48% ✓
Baseline ML MSU -0.1 (-17.1) 132.8 (+0.2) 49% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BAY -1.1 (-15.9) 138.7 (-5.7) 37% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 16, 2023 MSU 88 – 64 BAY

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MSU BAY
Overall 23-13 27-7
Conference 11-9 14-4
Home 12-3 15-2
Away 5-6 8-3
Neutral 6-4 4-2
Last 5 5-0 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.2 77.0
Avg Pts Against 69.0 64.1
Massey 15.4 (#13) 15.5 (#11)
Bradley-Terry 2.45 (#26) 2.69 (#22)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.62 (#26) 4.75 (#13)
RPI 0.672 (#14) 0.619 (#46)
Shooting & Four Factors MSU BAY
FG% 45.0% 47.7%
3PT% 32.7% 34.8%
REB / G 43.5 42.5
OREB / G 12.3 15.2
AST / TO 0.93 1.58
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.9% 53.5%
TOV% 20.8% 17.6%
ORB% 35.1% 39.7%
FT Rate 23.8% 14.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 40.6% 44.2%
Opp TOV% 18.3% 28.6%
DRB% 74.2% 76.6%
Opp FT Rate 16.6% 17.9%

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