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Missouri State Bears
67 58
FINAL Neutral Conference MVC
Valparaiso Beacons
Missouri Valley Conference · Enterprise Center (Neutral) · March 5, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread MOST -11.0 Away covered
O/U 139.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total MOST win
Actual MOST +9 125 Won
Massey MOST -10.1 (-1.1)
Massey Totals 144.3 (-19.3)
Bradley-Terry 84%
Weighted B-T 89%
Baseline ML MOST -10.1 (-1.1) 146.5 (-21.5) 85%
Baseline Plus ML MOST -10.0 (-1.0) 143.8 (-18.8) 85%
Efficiency Plus ML MOST -10.4 (-1.4) 139.6 (-14.6) 86%
Baseline Tuned ML MOST -9.8 (-0.8) 146.5 (-21.5) 85%

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 20, 2025 VAL 6664 MOST
Jan 2, 2025 VAL 7372 MOST
Feb 17, 2024 MOST 8274 VAL
Jan 27, 2024 MOST 8170 VAL
Feb 2, 2023 MOST 7667 VAL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MOST VAL
Overall 23-11 14-18
Conference 13-5 6-12
Home 12-4 8-8
Away 8-5 3-8
Neutral 3-2 3-2
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 76.5 68.6
Avg Pts Against 69.3 71.0
Massey 8.7 (#63) -1.4 (#194)
Bradley-Terry 1.00 (#102) -0.63 (#227)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.54 (#85) -0.59 (#217)
RPI 0.556 (#72) 0.467 (#237)
Shooting & Four Factors MOST VAL
FG% 48.1% 45.2%
3PT% 36.9% 33.5%
REB / G 34.9 31.2
OREB / G 8.3 6.5
AST / TO 1.14 1.04
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.1% 51.5%
TOV% 15.5% 16.6%
ORB% 26.0% 20.3%
FT Rate 22.5% 20.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.8% 52.4%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 16.6%
DRB% 76.3% 74.8%
Opp FT Rate 21.5% 17.2%

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