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
South Dakota State Jackrabbits
83 – 59
FINAL Neutral Crossover Classic
Utah State Aggies
Sanford Pentagon (Neutral) · November 27, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread USU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money SDST +120 / USU -140
Model Predictions
Spread Total SDST win
Actual SDST +24 142 Won
Massey SDST -6.9 (+17.1) — —
Massey Totals — 153.3 (-11.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 71% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 84% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SDST -4.9 (+19.1) 143.6 (-1.6) 67% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SDST -3.7 (+20.3) 143.0 (-1.0) 59% ✓
Baseline ML SDST -4.6 (+19.4) 141.7 (+0.3) 66% ✓

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 SDST USU
Overall 16-7 20-9
Conference 9-3 15-4
Home 8-1 10-2
Away 4-2 7-3
Neutral 4-4 3-4
Last 5 0-1 0-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 79.9 72.0
Avg Pts Against 74.5 62.3
Massey -0.6 (#88) -7.4 (#148)
Bradley-Terry -0.65 (#137) -1.54 (#154)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.75 (#136) -2.43 (#155)
RPI 0.750 (#3) 0.250 (#25)
Shooting & Four Factors SDST USU
FG% 43.5% 42.9%
3PT% 36.8% 23.5%
REB / G 39.0 35.0
OREB / G 11.0 13.0
AST / TO 1.14 0.44
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.2% 46.4%
TOV% 19.7% 24.5%
ORB% 31.4% 35.1%
FT Rate 16.1% 30.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.2% 62.3%
Opp TOV% 4.3% 19.1%
DRB% 62.2% 84.6%
Opp FT Rate 14.3% 35.8%

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