Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
North Dakota State Bison
53 – 52
FINAL Neutral Conference Dakota Showcase
North Dakota Fighting Hawks
Summit League · Sanford Pentagon (Neutral) · December 12, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread NDSU -5.0 Away covered
O/U 132.5 Under
Money NDSU -240 / UND +200
Model Predictions
Spread Total NDSU win
Actual NDSU +1 105 Won
Massey NDSU -1.0 (-0.0) — —
Massey Totals — 129.5 (-24.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 21% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 11% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UND -0.7 (+1.7) 131.6 (-26.6) 47% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UND -0.8 (+1.8) 130.2 (-25.2) 49% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UND -0.8 (+1.8) 132.7 (-27.7) 49% ✗
Baseline ML UND -0.4 (+1.4) 131.9 (-26.9) 51% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 9, 2026 NDSU 70 – 62 UND
Feb 28, 2026 NDSU 96 – 63 UND
Feb 14, 2026 NDSU 83 – 66 UND
Feb 22, 2025 UND 79 – 77 NDSU
Jan 25, 2025 NDSU 87 – 82 UND

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NDSU UND
Overall 15-12 9-17
Conference 11-5 8-8
Home 6-2 5-3
Away 5-7 3-11
Neutral 4-3 1-3
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.7 68.7
Avg Pts Against 67.7 75.7
Massey -2.0 (#183) -3.0 (#196)
Bradley-Terry -2.43 (#289) -1.11 (#227)
W. Bradley-Terry -4.01 (#294) -1.89 (#239)
RPI 0.430 (#215) 0.417 (#227)
Shooting & Four Factors NDSU UND
FG% 36.3% 42.5%
3PT% 31.7% 30.4%
REB / G 38.8 34.6
OREB / G 10.2 11.0
AST / TO 0.59 0.70
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 41.9% 48.4%
TOV% 21.2% 20.4%
ORB% 27.1% 30.2%
FT Rate 21.5% 23.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.4% 51.7%
Opp TOV% 12.2% 16.8%
DRB% 76.5% 70.7%
Opp FT Rate 17.5% 24.5%

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