He is handing the money / He is serving the food / He knows about your party / He is calling you dude. "Comfort Eagle" - Cake
Loyola Chicago Ramblers
81 – 74 2OT
FINAL Conference
Valparaiso Beacons
Missouri Valley Conference · Gentile Arena · January 12, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread LUC -15.5 Away covered
O/U 138.0 Over
Money LUC -1700 / VAL +900
Model Predictions
Spread Total LUC win
Actual LUC +7 155 Won
Massey LUC -19.9 (-12.9) — —
Massey Totals — 138.5 (+16.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 99% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 100% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LUC -18.2 (-11.2) 140.1 (+14.9) 90% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LUC -15.3 (-8.3) 143.4 (+11.6) 90% ✓
Baseline ML LUC -15.7 (-8.7) 143.9 (+11.1) 88% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LUC -15.2 (-8.2) 142.8 (+12.2) 88% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 17, 2022 LUC 71 – 69 VAL
Feb 18, 2021 LUC 54 – 52 VAL
Jan 21, 2021 LUC 75 – 39 VAL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LUC VAL
Overall 25-8 14-18
Conference 13-5 6-12
Home 12-2 8-8
Away 8-3 3-8
Neutral 5-3 3-2
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.3 68.6
Avg Pts Against 61.9 71.0
Massey 14.3 (#20) -1.8 (#208)
Bradley-Terry 3.18 (#14) -0.62 (#228)
W. Bradley-Terry 4.12 (#15) -0.50 (#211)
RPI 0.628 (#22) 0.454 (#254)
Shooting & Four Factors LUC VAL
FG% 50.1% 44.5%
3PT% 39.8% 33.4%
REB / G 34.9 30.5
OREB / G 8.4 6.2
AST / TO 1.37 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.9% 51.5%
TOV% 18.1% 16.3%
ORB% 27.2% 19.2%
FT Rate 23.2% 19.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.9% 51.0%
Opp TOV% 20.4% 18.5%
DRB% 74.8% 71.6%
Opp FT Rate 17.2% 17.4%

Game Analysis

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