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Kansas State Wildcats
63 – 64
FINAL Big East-Big 12 Battle
Marquette Golden Eagles
Bramlage Coliseum · December 9, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread KSU -1.5 Away covered
O/U 142.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total KSU win
Actual MARQ +1 127 Lost
Massey KSU -5.8 (-6.8) — —
Massey Totals — 143.4 (-16.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 61% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 81% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ KSU -3.9 (-4.9) 142.9 (-15.9) 63% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML KSU -7.1 (-8.1) 142.8 (-15.8) 74% ✗
Baseline ML KSU -6.7 (-7.7) 142.9 (-15.9) 72% ✗
Baseline Plus ML KSU -7.3 (-8.3) 144.4 (-17.4) 71% ✗

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 KSU MARQ
Overall 14-17 19-13
Conference 6-12 11-8
Home 9-7 13-3
Away 5-7 4-7
Neutral 0-3 2-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L6 L2
Avg Pts For 69.0 74.0
Avg Pts Against 67.5 71.6
Massey 5.7 (#82) 4.5 (#100)
Bradley-Terry 1.94 (#57) 2.38 (#36)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.17 (#45) 2.69 (#53)
RPI 0.508 (#162) 0.652 (#17)
Shooting & Four Factors KSU MARQ
FG% 44.2% 44.5%
3PT% 33.8% 32.9%
REB / G 39.0 36.7
OREB / G 9.1 8.6
AST / TO 1.14 1.08
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.6% 51.6%
TOV% 17.5% 19.4%
ORB% 26.8% 24.4%
FT Rate 21.3% 29.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 41.7% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 21.0% 20.7%
DRB% 75.7% 71.7%
Opp FT Rate 21.2% 18.3%

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