The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Illinois State Redbirds
58 – 53
FINAL Neutral Conference MVC
Indiana State Sycamores
Missouri Valley Conference · Enterprise Center (Neutral) · March 4, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread ILST -1.5 Home covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money ILST -120 / INST +100
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILST win
Actual ILST +5 111 Won
Massey ILST -2.5 (+2.5) — —
Massey Totals — 154.1 (-43.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 54% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 59% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ILST -0.9 (+4.1) 148.5 (-37.5) 51% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ILST -1.7 (+3.3) 149.3 (-38.3) 58% ✓
Baseline ML ILST -2.0 (+3.0) 149.7 (-38.7) 57% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ILST -2.4 (+2.6) 149.4 (-38.4) 59% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 15, 2026 INST 94 – 89 ILST
Dec 21, 2025 ILST 85 – 65 INST
Feb 15, 2025 INST 85 – 76 ILST
Jan 22, 2025 ILST 85 – 81 INST
Feb 14, 2024 ILST 80 – 67 INST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ILST INST
Overall 13-20 11-20
Conference 5-13 4-14
Home 11-6 8-6
Away 1-11 2-11
Neutral 1-3 1-3
Last 5 1-4 0-5
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 73.7 68.2
Avg Pts Against 75.2 73.6
Massey -0.4 (#175) -2.9 (#223)
Bradley-Terry -0.97 (#256) -1.12 (#267)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.88 (#236) -1.23 (#262)
RPI 0.448 (#270) 0.446 (#277)
Shooting & Four Factors ILST INST
FG% 45.3% 43.5%
3PT% 37.1% 32.4%
REB / G 34.6 32.9
OREB / G 9.8 5.7
AST / TO 0.88 0.95
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.0% 50.9%
TOV% 19.4% 19.0%
ORB% 28.8% 17.3%
FT Rate 24.1% 20.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 51.9%
Opp TOV% 17.4% 15.8%
DRB% 69.7% 77.5%
Opp FT Rate 24.3% 20.1%

Game Analysis

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