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University Credit Union Pavilion · December 2, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread SMC -14.0 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money SMC -1300 / NICH +800
Model Predictions
Spread Total SMC win
Actual SMC +23 123 Won
Massey SMC -5.9 (+17.1) — —
Massey Totals — 138.0 (-15.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 77% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 76% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SMC -2.2 (+20.8) 136.0 (-13.0) 58% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SMC -1.5 (+21.5) 138.7 (-15.7) 59% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SMC -1.7 (+21.3) 139.6 (-16.6) 58% ✓
Baseline ML SMC -1.6 (+21.4) 135.3 (-12.3) 59% ✓

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 SMC NICH
Overall 14-10 18-7
Conference 4-6 14-2
Home 9-3 8-1
Away 2-3 7-5
Neutral 3-4 3-1
Last 5 2-1 2-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 64.2 77.3
Avg Pts Against 62.6 73.8
Massey -2.1 (#157) 4.2 (#69)
Bradley-Terry -0.27 (#140) 0.65 (#79)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.69 (#162) 0.86 (#82)
RPI 0.380 (#153) 0.465 (#127)
Shooting & Four Factors SMC NICH
FG% 39.5% 39.1%
3PT% 27.4% 33.7%
REB / G 38.0 34.5
OREB / G 8.3 10.2
AST / TO 0.82 0.86
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.3% 45.0%
TOV% 18.6% 19.3%
ORB% 24.8% 26.1%
FT Rate 22.1% 21.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.7% 50.2%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 26.5%
DRB% 80.2% 71.9%
Opp FT Rate 15.9% 34.6%

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