I'll write on your tombstone, "I thank you for dinner." "Bungle in the Jungle" - Jethro Tull
Williams Arena · December 21, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread SLU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 146.0 Over
Money MINN +125 / SLU -145
Model Predictions
Spread Total MINN win
Actual MINN +8 172 Won
Massey SLU -9.5 (+17.5) — —
Massey Totals — 158.0 (+14.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 48% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 38% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML SLU -4.0 (+12.0) 154.1 (+17.9) 32% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SLU -5.6 (+13.6) 150.9 (+21.1) 36% ✗
Baseline Plus ML SLU -2.9 (+10.9) 155.8 (+16.2) 43% ✗
Baseline ML SLU -3.2 (+11.2) 151.8 (+20.2) 37% ✗

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 MINN SLU
Overall 14-15 14-7
Conference 6-14 6-4
Home 13-4 12-1
Away 0-10 1-4
Neutral 1-1 1-2
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 72.5 75.0
Avg Pts Against 73.2 65.4
Massey 5.2 (#91) 19.0 (#5)
Bradley-Terry 1.95 (#47) 2.80 (#22)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.80 (#57) 4.18 (#20)
RPI 0.512 (#145) 0.644 (#24)
Shooting & Four Factors MINN SLU
FG% 42.0% 52.7%
3PT% 28.5% 44.6%
REB / G 39.1 38.5
OREB / G 11.7 11.5
AST / TO 1.52 1.56
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.1% 59.5%
TOV% 14.0% 18.0%
ORB% 29.1% 37.9%
FT Rate 34.5% 24.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.6% 45.9%
Opp TOV% 22.2% 23.8%
DRB% 70.6% 76.8%
Opp FT Rate 22.8% 26.9%

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