Everybody's in despair, every girl and boy. "Quinn the Eskimo" - Bob Dylan
NIU Convocation Center · December 19, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread NIU -17.5 Away covered
O/U 130.0 Under
Money NIU -2800 / CHST +1300
Model Predictions
Spread Total NIU win
Actual NIU +10 118 Won
Massey NIU -11.7 (-1.7) — —
Massey Totals — 134.8 (-16.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 62% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 70% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NIU -8.0 (+2.0) 132.0 (-14.0) 80% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NIU -7.3 (+2.7) 135.6 (-17.6) 78% ✓
Baseline ML NIU -9.2 (+0.8) 136.8 (-18.8) 81% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NIU -7.6 (+2.4) 135.0 (-17.0) 78% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 13, 2021 NIU 70 – 59 CHST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NIU CHST
Overall 3-16 0-9
Conference 2-12 0-0
Home 2-7 0-0
Away 1-9 0-7
Neutral 0-0 0-2
Last 5 0-5 0-5
Streak W1 L9
Avg Pts For 62.3 55.4
Avg Pts Against 77.4 88.7
Massey -17.4 (#319) -24.3 (#324)
Bradley-Terry -3.72 (#323) -3.35 (#318)
W. Bradley-Terry -5.44 (#321) -5.29 (#320)
RPI 0.395 (#272) 0.301 (#315)
Shooting & Four Factors NIU CHST
FG% 38.7% 34.6%
3PT% 25.0% 23.4%
REB / G 36.2 26.3
OREB / G 12.6 6.0
AST / TO 0.64 0.61
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 42.0% 39.3%
TOV% 23.3% 21.8%
ORB% 32.5% 16.2%
FT Rate 17.5% 19.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 57.2% 60.9%
Opp TOV% 13.7% 16.5%
DRB% 68.6% 64.8%
Opp FT Rate 23.8% 25.8%

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