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Montana State Bobcats
69 – 66
FINAL Neutral Incarnate Word Thanksgiving Invitational
Portland Pilots
McDermott Center (Neutral) · November 26, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread MTST -7.0 Away covered
O/U 146.0 Under
Money MTST -290 / PORT +245
Model Predictions
Spread Total MTST win
Actual MTST +3 135 Won
Massey MTST -1.8 (+1.2) — —
Massey Totals — 148.6 (-13.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 18% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 10% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MTST -1.3 (+1.7) 145.5 (-10.5) 54% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PORT -1.0 (+4.0) 145.5 (-10.5) 46% ✗
Baseline ML PORT -0.4 (+3.4) 145.1 (-10.1) 46% ✗
Baseline Plus ML PORT -0.7 (+3.7) 147.0 (-12.0) 49% ✗

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 19, 2021 MTST 61 – 59 PORT
Dec 22, 2020 PORT 62 – 59 MTST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MTST PORT
Overall 27-8 19-15
Conference 16-4 7-7
Home 13-1 11-4
Away 9-6 6-9
Neutral 5-1 2-2
Last 5 0-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.0 72.4
Avg Pts Against 69.7 73.0
Massey 1.9 (#141) 0.1 (#166)
Bradley-Terry -1.24 (#269) 0.24 (#158)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.82 (#272) 0.33 (#155)
RPI 0.448 (#238) 0.405 (#285)
Shooting & Four Factors MTST PORT
FG% 46.4% 44.5%
3PT% 39.7% 26.6%
REB / G 32.7 38.0
OREB / G 11.0 8.8
AST / TO 1.27 0.84
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.4% 49.6%
TOV% 20.1% 22.8%
ORB% 31.1% 26.2%
FT Rate 17.2% 24.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 59.8% 42.3%
Opp TOV% 17.2% 20.3%
DRB% 68.4% 69.2%
Opp FT Rate 34.1% 15.0%

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